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Bank of Thailand (BOT) Governor, Veerathai Santiprabhob, has given his take on Facebook’s Project Libra, making it clear that the merits and risks of the digital asset still need to be studied extensively, reports local news source, Bangkok Post on July 19, 2019.
2019-7-20 11:00 | |
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Javier Calafell, the deputy governor of the Bank of Mexico (Banxico) has recently talked about central bank digital currencies (CBDC). To him, they will not be able to hold a lot of interest for the general public unless they are able to be used in a fully anonymous way. He talked about this during a […]
2019-7-12 01:31 | |
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Abdol Nasser Hemmati, the governor of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI), announced yesterday that the government plans to authorise the mining of digital assets in the nation. However, those running computer systems to profit from their support of cryptocurrency networks will be charged for electricity at the country’s export price rather than the cheaper,.
2019-7-12 00:00 | |
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With Bitcoin getting mainstream recognition, there has been a lot of institutional onboarding into digital assets. Giants like Facebook, J. P. Morgan, Amazon, Alibaba, Microsoft, and others from all industrial sectors have started to look towards these assets as something that could potentially help solve problems in existing systems, ranging from payments, transfer of value etc.
2019-7-10 17:30 | |
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The crypto community in Iran is still riding a roller coaster as the country seeks to bring its economy forward. Even though the country has expressed its interest in digital assets, enthusiasts cannot be very optimistic yet.
2019-7-10 02:15 | |
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Philippines’ Central Bank is reportedly ready to halt its planned launch of a digital currency and wait for at least five years. The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, according to Phillstar Global, a local news outlet, is rethinking issuing its own digital currency as it monitors the global crypto space. Benjamin Diokno, the bank’s governor, spoke […]
2019-7-5 20:56 | |
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Masayoshi Amamiya, the Deputy Governor of the Bank of Japan (BoJ) dismissed the idea that central banks can boost the effectiveness of negative interest rate policies by issuing digital currencies, on Friday, reported Reuters.
2019-7-5 19:47 | |
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Despite favorable regulation, Bank of Japan Deputy Governor Masayoshi Amamiya stated that digital currencies operators must comply with regulations on money laundering and risk management. The announcement was made in reference to the launch of Libra, the new global cryptocurrency from Facebook.
2019-7-6 19:00 | |
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The deputy governor of the Bank of Japan, Masayoshi Amamiya, has warned that the creation of crypto by central banks could have a negative impact on economies, Reuters reports. According to Amamiya, Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) had the potential to take away the credit channels of commercial banks if they managed to replace private […] The post Central Bank Crypto Could Damage Entire Economies, Warns Bank of Japan appeared first on CCN Markets
2019-7-6 17:36 | |
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By CCN Markets: Facebook’s cryptocurrency Libra seems to have unsettled governments everywhere. The governor of Banque de France, Francois Villeroy de Galhau, is the latest to announce reactionary measures designed to contain the digital currency.
2019-6-22 19:30 | |
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France is putting together a Group of Seven Nations (G7) task force to explore how central banks can make sure cryptocurrencies adhere to money-laundering and consumer protection rules. That’s according to the country’s central bank governor who announced the news today.
2019-6-21 18:28 | |
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By CCN: Deutsche Bundesbank president Jens Weidmann has added a dampener to discussions on central bank digital currencies (CBDC), claiming they would destabilize financial systems and worsen bank runs.
2019-6-9 13:15 | |
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Thai Stock Exchange’s Chief Criticizes Regulators For Crippling Crypto Startups With Taxes The governor of the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET), Prinn Panitchpakdi, has recently criticized the government for taxing new crypto starts too much.
2019-5-8 01:26 | |
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Bitcoin is surely controversial, there is no discussion about that. While some people call it digital gold, others call it a scam. While we can attest its value, this is far from being a popular opinion among people who do not know BTC very well.
2019-5-1 03:55 | |
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On Apr. 26th, Washington State Governor Jay Inslee signed SB 5638—an act “recognizing the validity of distributed ledger technology”—into law. The Act encourages the development of blockchain, recognizes its use in commerce and digital signatures, and amends legislation to provide definitions for the technology.
2019-4-29 11:13 | |
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During this year's "Spring Meetings," Swedish central bank deputy governor Cecilia Skingsley said the Risbank is more likely than not to issue a CBDC within a decade.
2019-4-18 21:50 | |
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Tunisia is looking to be a pioneer in implementing blockchain as the country’s central bank explores the use of the technology for a national digital dinar, reports the Asia Times. The Banque Centrale Tunisienne (BCT) and its newly appointed governor Marouane El Abassi are currently working with Walid Driss, the Tunis-based founder and CEO of […] The post Tunisia Aims To Be A Pioneer In Blockchain Technology appeared first on Coinjournal.
2019-4-7 14:16 | |
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According to the Dawn, a local media outlet, Pakistan’s central bank has announced plans to have a digital currency by 2025. Digital Version of the Pakistani Rupee Speaking about the regulation of Electronic Money Institutions, non-bank entities that will be allowed to issue “e-money” for digital payments, Pakistan’s State Bank Deputy Governor Jameel Ahmad told the audience that digital currency is more efficient.
2019-4-3 04:00 | |
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Jameel Ahmad, the deputy governor of the State Bank of Pakistan, declared that the institution aims to issue a digital currency by 2025
2019-4-2 18:50 | |
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The Pakistani government will now regulate local cryptocurrency firms under new legislation. Local news outlet The Express Tribune reported that the government of Pakistan will introduce Electronic Money Institutions (EMI) regulations based on the recommendations of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF).
2019-4-2 01:33 | |
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The governor of Colorado, Jared S. Polis has signed the “Colorado Digital Token Act” into law
2019-3-12 01:15 | |
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Jared Polis, the Governor of Colorado, has signed a cryptocurrency-friendly bill exempting digital tokens from state securities laws — if their primary purpose is as a “consumptive. ” Colorado Digital Token Act In November, Bitcoinist reported that US Representative Jared Polis, who is a known cryptocurrency and blockchain advocate, became Colorado’s Governor.
2019-3-10 13:00 | |
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Colorado Governor and avowed bitcoin fan Jared Polis signed the Digital Token Act on March 8, exempting cryptocurrencies from state securities laws under certain conditions. The new legislation also exempts crypto broker-dealers and salespeople from state licensing requirements under limited circumstances.
2019-3-9 23:24 | |
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The recently passed Colorado Digital Token Act is currently waiting for the governor’s signature to be effective. If the governor signs the Act as soon as March 8, it will be effective on August 2, 2019.
2019-3-5 01:23 | |
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Activist group Blockchain Advocacy Coalition (BAC) has sponsored a bill in California’s 19th State Assembly District, set to allow legal cannabis businesses in the district to pay their state taxes using cryptocurrency.
2019-3-1 20:16 | |
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According to Elections Canada, the agency that runs federal elections in Canada, there has been “a growing interest” in cryptocurrency donations. This trend has prompted some political parties to ask for a ruling on how best to manage bitcoin and other cryptocurrency political donations and how to navigate the various reporting systems required by both Elections Canada and the parties so that they comply with the Canada Elections Act.
2019-1-24 20:28 | |
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European central bank policymaker, Ardo Hanson opined that digital currencies would probably end up a load of nonsense. The Estonian central-bank governor told a conference in the Latvian capital of Riga.
2019-1-9 10:00 | |
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Recently, New York State became the first state in the nation to create a cryptocurrency task force to study how to properly regulate, define and use cryptocurrency. Last week, NYS Governor Andrew Cuomo, signed into law THE DIGITAL CURRENCY STUDY BILL, A8783B/S9013.
2019-1-3 00:16 | |
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The Federal Reserve Board governor is still not fond of the idea of central bank digital currencies, despite the fact that the reserve is equipped to issue one. The Fed Says No to CBDCs It’s been a year since bitcoin’s price exploded and launched cryptocurrencies into the mainstream, which pushed many to believe that the […] The post U.
2018-12-30 14:20 | |
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The People’s Bank of China (PBoC), the country’s central bank, has officially banned security token offerings (STO) in a continuation of its restrictive legislation governing digital currencies.
2018-12-10 15:00 | |
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The BoT governor claims that the process of creating a central bank digital currency is too lengthy and complicated to allow the country to move from cash to digital currency within the coming 3-5 years.
2018-11-20 23:07 | |
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Retail payments in Sweden are now almost entirely cashless. Without a central bank digital currency (CBDC) Sweden’s entire payments market would be reliant on the private financial sector. Cecilia Skingsley, Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Sweden, has authored an article as part of the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting of the Global Future Councils.
2018-11-12 04:00 | |
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The Governor of the Bank of Israel, in November 2017, appointed a team of research analysts to explore the possibility of introducing Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDC). According to the report, published on November 6, 2018, the team raised many concerns and did not recommend the Bank of Israel to progress forward with a digital currency in the near future.
2018-11-8 18:00 | |
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There has been series of condemnations on central bank-supported digital currencies (CBDC). Recent among this is that of the Bank of Japan’s (BOJ) deputy governor, Masayoshi Amamiya on October 20 reiterating his pessimistic views towards CBDC under the claim that digital assets do not have anything good to add to the existing monetary systems. Looking […]
2018-10-26 01:25 | |
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Michelle Bullock, the assistant governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia, has recently affirmed at the Swift International Banking Operations Seminar that the country will hardly need a central reserve bank for the digital currency, as the current systems already work well enough.
2018-10-25 02:41 | |
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A top-level executive from the Bank of Japan (BOJ) revealed that the country’s central bank doesn’t plan to issue a digital currency. The BOJ justifies this decision by identifying major obstacles which prevent their further widespread adoption.
2018-10-24 21:00 | |
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Details have emerged of a new digital currency to be issued by the central bank of Thailand – it’s built on an open-source blockchain eerily reminiscent of Ripple, the popular banking ledger developed by Ripple Labs.
2018-8-22 17:00 | |
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Spearheading development to establish Jeju Island as a blockchain and cryptocurrency hub, Governor Won Hee-ryong issued a formal request to the Korean government, Aug. 14, to designate the island as a special economic zone for the burgeoning digital asset sector.
2018-8-15 05:00 | |
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Francois E. Groepe, deputy governor of the South African Reserve Bank (SARB), said that it does not consider digital coins securities or currencies. He suggested that SARB does not prefer to use the term “cryptocurrency.
2018-6-27 16:19 | |
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The trend of ‘central banks’ talking about cryptocurrencies is warming up once more, with The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) and The Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) weighing in on the debate. The pair have moved to debunk rumours that they are investigating in establishing their own central bank digital currency, on the basis that they believe such a project would inevitably damage their current banking system.
2018-6-26 17:00 | |
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Australia and New Zealand have both just ruled out the option of pursuing a central bank digital currency (CBDCs) – at least for now. Subsequently, he reiterated the RBA’s stance on issuing a central bank digital currency – or an “eAUD” as the bank’s governor Philip Lowe called it in a previous speech – that a
2018-6-26 16:48 | |
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The state of North Carolina has pushed the passage of House Bill 86 and some digital currency advocates and firms like Coinbase believe the bill makes the state more friendly towards cryptocurrency businesses.
2018-6-21 02:40 | |
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The U.K. central bank governor believes existing cryptocurrencies will fail over the longer term due to their robust privacy features.