Central bank digital currency interest continues gaining global traction. As part of DC Fintech Week, a digital conference on the governmental side of the financial technology sector, several international leaders gathered for an Oct. 19 panel called: Central Banks, CBDCs and Cryptoeconomics. “I don’t see technological barriers in this area, but I do see technological challenges,”…
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China might gain control over global CBDC standards, a Japanese official warns. Japanese banking officials continue to voice concern over China’s progress in the development of its central bank digital currency. Kenji Okamura, vice-finance minister for Japan’s international affairs, warned the global community of the potential risks of China’s digital yuan, Reuters reported Oct. 9.…
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The 2020 pandemic could accelerate global efforts to issue CBDCs, say BIS analysts. A new report from the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) shows that 2020 is the year that momentum behind central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) has truly taken off. Published on Aug. 24, BIS’ new working paper analyzes the global state of CBDC…
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Sweden’s central bank just released a massive report on central bank digital currencies. Sveriges Riksbank, Sweden’s central bank, took a 98-page deep dive into central bank digital currencies, or CBDCs, referencing the country’s own such asset — the e-krona. “The second issue of Sveriges Riksbank Economic Review in 2020 has a special theme, namely central…
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Alex Tapscott discusses his recently released book Financial Services Revolution with Cointelegraph. When the United States Treasury said on Feb. 13 that it would seek to enact new regulations governing cryptocurrencies, the price of Bitcoin (BTC) fell by almost 2% within an hour. But Alex Tapscott, for one, thinks it unlikely that the U.S. government…
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CBDCs are starting to gain some momentum. The country of Sweden has begun testing an e-krona, bringing it that much closer to the proper release of a central bank digital currency (CBDC). The pilot program will be in operation for one year, until February 2021. If and when the e-krona formally launches for use by…
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Sweden’s central bank plans to create a pilot platform for a new digital currency, called the e-krona, in latest in European CBDC news. Sweden’s central bank is planning plans to create a pilot platform for a digital currency known as the e-krona. While Switzerland took a negative stance towards a central bank digital currency (CBDC)…
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Here is a list of where and how to secure ownership rights for businesses and real estate through a blockchain. The use of blockchain to cement ownership rights for real estate and business has been ongoing since 2016, when the technology was first used to organize new forms of registries and registration of transactions. The…
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Ripple’s investment arm and tech incubator Xpring has invested in Swedish crypto self-custody startup Towo Labs to build hardware wallet firmware supporting XRP. Ripple’s investment arm and tech incubator Xpring has invested in Swedish cryptocurrency self-custody startup Towo Labs to build hardware wallet firmware. Xpring announced the news in a blog post on Oct. 16,…
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The head of Sweden’s Riksbank has characterized Libra as “an incredibly important catalytic event” that is spurring central banks to ready themselves for digital transformation. The head of Sweden’s Riksbank has characterized Facebook’s Libra project as “an incredibly important catalytic event” that is spurring the world’s central banks to ready themselves for digital transformation. In…
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