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Cryptocurrencies equivalent to gambling: RBI Governor

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Shaktikanta Das on Friday reiterated that crypto currencies ar…

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Bitcoin could form the backbone for CBDCs, according to a new report

Environmental concerns around Bitcoin have been well documented, but it is still the most valuable …

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A US congressman has proposed a bill to limit the Fed's ability to issue its own digital currency

Rep. Tom Emmer said the Fed should not have central authority over the retail accounts of Americans…

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SBF's conviction is the final nail in the coffin for crypto bros hoping to get rich quick

Sam Bankman-Fried was found guilty of all seven charges. Crypto's future lies in regulation, spelli…

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India’s central bank appoints department to regulate crypto exchange, formulate CBDCs

The report also said that the bank is working on two kinds of CBDCs — wholesale and retail — and…

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Central bank digital currencies could save global corporations $100 billion per year, JPMorgan says

The 35-page report looked into a CBDC network that operates 24/7 and focused on Southeast Asia, whi…

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Roughly half the world's central banks are 'at some stage' of exploring their own digital currencies, IMF says

Around half the world's central banks are at "some stage" of looking into creating their own digita…

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The Fed may release its long-awaited paper on central bank digital currencies as early as next week, report says

Jerome Powell has said CBDCs would negate the need for stablecoins, but other observers say a digit…

Isabelle Lee   


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Visa is looking to roll out a universal payment channel that could manage transfers of stablecoins, or central bank digital currencies

Visa said on Thursday it was looking into creating what it called a universal payment channel (UPC)…

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PayPal and Visa are among the companies that will help the Bank of England work on a UK digital currency

Two forums will help the BoE and the UK Treasury department understand the technological and practi…

Carla Mozée   


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Central bank digital currencies could slash costs for cross-border payments and speed transactions to seconds, BIS says

A prototype of a CBDC platform showed the time for cross-border payments taking as little as 2 seco…

Carla Mozée   


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Stablecoins could exist alongside a digital dollar as CBDCs could help secure global payments systems, Fed Vice Chair Lael Brainard says

A CBDC "could coexist with and be complementary to stablecoins and commercial bank money," Brainard…

Carla Mozée   


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About 93% of global central banks are exploring digital currencies - and that could boost de-dollarization, a report by IMF staff says

Central bank digital currencies "could help de-dollarization or counter "cryptoization"," IMF staff…

Joseph Wilkins   


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Fed Governor Waller is 'highly skeptical' that the Fed needs to create a central bank digital currency

Waller doesn't see how a Fed CBDC would solve any major problems in the US payment system such as s…

Carla Mozée   


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G20 to take call on crypto assets, says Nirmala Sitharaman

Amid speculations on regulation or outright banning of crypto assets, Finance Minister Nirmala Sith…

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The number of countries exploring CBDCs more than doubled during the pandemic year

These 81 counties represent over 90% of the world’s gross domestic product (GDP). The pandemic…

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Central banks aren't running scared of bitcoin but they want to keep control, says former Bank of England digital guru

Huw van Steenis, senior advisor to the chief executive of UBS, punctures some central bank digital …

Harry Robertson   


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3 ways digital currencies backed by central banks could benefit the global economy, according to Fitch

Fitch Ratings highlighted three advantages of central bank digital currencies, or CBDCs.

Isabelle Lee   


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Future of money: CBDCs and stablecoins

The digital revolution is transforming everything from currencies to finance. How do CBDCs and stab…