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The project will investigate the integration of tokenized commercial bank deposits with central bank money using smart contracts and programmability, the Bank for International Settlements said. origin »
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The Bank of Thailand has announced its commencement of a pilot project, set to launch this month, for testing a retail central bank digital currency (CBDC) within a regulatory sandbox.
2023-6-14 18:51 | |
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SCB 10X, the holding company of Siam Commercial Bank, Thailand’s first commercial bank, said today it was joining decentralized finance (DeFi) project Band Protocol as a node validator, as per a tweet this morning.
2021-3-31 01:00 | |
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The Bank of Jamaica has partnered with an Ireland-based tech firm for its central bank digital currency project scheduled to begin in May.
2021-3-27 12:11 | |
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The Inter-American Development Bank has started using blockchain technology for land registries. After saying they would start this project for years, the bank has finally made the move to begin implementing the technology.
2019-10-29 01:04 | |
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Switzerland National Bank’s (SNB) Vice Chairman, Fritz Zurbruegg has revealed that the apex bank is currently holding serious talks with relevant authorities across the globe concerning Facebook’s global cryptocurrency project, Libra, according to a Reuters report on August 27, 2019.
2019-8-28 19:00 | |
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The Swiss National Bank, known the central bank of the country, has recently contacted the responsible people for Facebook’s Libra project in order to know more about the project. Fritz Zurbruegg, the vice-chairman of the bank, has talked about the contact so far and claimed that the documents that back the project are very vague. […]
2019-8-28 05:06 | |
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HSBC, a multinational bank, has recently become the first bank to complete a blockchain transaction on the European We. trade platform. The project, which was started back in 2017, has only recently started its second round of pilot tests.
2019-8-28 22:57 | |
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Switzerland’s central bank SNB is in close contact with the relevant authorities over Facebook’s Libra crypto project, Reuters reports
2019-8-28 21:01 | |
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Facebook’s Libra project is getting a lot of flack. The happy-go-lucky attitude associated with this project continues to raise eyebrows. Despite some major critiques, the concept still holds merit to some.
2019-8-25 21:00 | |
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Four weeks ago, we conducted a substantial analysis of the KaratGold eco-system and published our results in our series “Do ICOs keep their Promises?”. While evaluating the project’s roadmap goals and actual accomplishments, we came to the conclusion that KaratCoin Bank and its associates took their roadmap very seriously and accomplished almost every single milestone […] The post Follow up on KaratGold: Do ICOs keep their promises? appeared first on AMBCrypto.
2019-8-15 20:30 | |
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Last week Reuters reported that several of the world’s biggest banks have invested $50 million to “create a digital cash system to settle financial transactions”. It’s an on-going project, according to the report, involving the likes UBS, Credit Suisse, Barclays, and Deutsche Bank.
2019-8-13 18:00 | |
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Former Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) engineer have a project to amalgamate trading and settlement of virtual currencies on a privately owned blockchain. The platform is known as Digital Asset Shared Ledger (DASL, vocalized “dazzle”) which presents companies the capacity to re-imagine how value is moved and managed.
2019-8-1 17:06 | |
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A crypto and blockchain think tank in Kenya is advising authorities to focus on ensuring cryptocurrency adoption in the country, reports CGTN Africa, July 25, 2019. Meanwhile, there hasn’t been much progress regarding the issuance of standardized regulations for digital assets in Kenya but the central bank says the Facebook Libra project poses a systemicRead MoreRead More.
2019-7-26 01:00 | |
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The central bank of Germany, the Bundesbank, released a bulletin in which they say that Libra’s benefits should be allowed despite regulatory uncertainty. The bulletin was titled Crypto tokens in payment transactions and in securities settlement and it was published on July 22nd, according to Cointelegraph.
2019-7-23 18:54 | |
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The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) has given its take on Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency project. The apex bank has said that Libra comes with phenomenal risks that need to be properly understood, reports local news source, Telecompaper on July 22, 2019.
2019-7-23 05:00 | |
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During the G7 meeting in France last week, Jens Weidmann, president of Bundesbank, Germany's central bank, came out in favor of Facebook's Libra project, noting that regulators should not work to suppress innovation before clarifying details can be provided.
2019-7-23 19:13 | |
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Jens Weidmann, the President of Germany’s Central Bank Bundesbank, stated that global regulators should not suppress Facebook’s Libra project in its early stages. The statement appeared in an email newsletter shared by Mati Greenspan, a senior marketing analyst at eToro.
2019-7-20 20:40 | |
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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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Facebook’s Libra has been at the center of scrutiny and skepticism among policymakers from around the globe. Many have even gone on to ask for a complete halt of the project, including many lawmakers during the two-day Congressional hearing.
2019-7-20 03:30 | |
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According to Mati Greenspan, Libra has garnered some support at long last, and from an unlikely figure no less. Citing a recent article, which he translated via Google, the eToro analyst noted that the President of the Bundesbank, the central bank of Germany, lauded the Facebook-backed crypto project.
2019-7-19 13:30 | |
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Asian giant Japan has set up a committee to look into the potential of the new Facebook’ s cryptocurrency project, called Libra, especially in the area of banking, finances and its ability to cripple a struggling economy if not properly tackled.
2019-7-15 20:55 | |
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Look out, Facebook! Goldman Sachs is now hiring a cryptocurrency project manager. The firm wants their new project manager to lead the development of Distributed Ledger Technology. The Wall Street bank's foray into cryptocurrency is part of its GS Accelerate initiative.
2019-7-12 11:51 | |
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Facebook’s ‘consortium’ may lose its banking virginity. The cryptocurrency project launched last month by the social media giant has been seen as the death knell for big banks. However, some have diverged, veering closer to Facebook rather than chiding away.
2019-7-10 09:30 | |
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Coinspeaker Facebook’s Libra is ‘Just Too Dangerous’, Says ECB PolicymakerJust recently the European Central Bank (ECB) has yet again commented on the Facebook Libra project and now they are saying that “it's too dangerous” and regulators need to improve the way they work.
2019-7-9 17:08 | |
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ECB’s Benoit Coeure warned Facebook must not be allowed to create a rival of the current monetary system.
2019-7-8 16:58 | |
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Facebook’s new digital currency Libra has received an early jolt from the Indian government. The authorities in Asia’s third-largest economy are no more keen on the social media giant’s project than any cryptocurrency that came before it.
2019-7-8 15:48 | |
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In a blog post published on July 3, 2019, community-driven blockchain project Tezos announced that it had secured a business partnership with Latin America’s largest standalone investment bank, Banco BTG Pactual S.
2019-7-5 15:00 | |
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The project, according to the The Maritime Executive, was a success thanks to the proof-of-concept jointly overseen by Samsung SDS, ABN AMRO, a Dutch bank, and the Port of Rotterdam. The Maritime Executive reported that the container, shipped from South Korea, was tracked from when it set sail all the way to its arrival, everything […]
2019-7-3 22:05 | |
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Enterprise blockchain project Masterchain is falling short of expectations – and Russia's largest bank is looking for other options.
2019-7-2 11:00 | |
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Enterprise blockchain project Masterchain is falling short of expectations – and Russia's largest bank is looking for other options.
2019-7-2 11:00 | |
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The Monetary Authority of Singapore reportedly has concerns over Facebook's recently unveiled cryptocurrency project, Libra.
2019-6-27 13:10 | |
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Speaking at the Crypto Valley Conference in Zug, Switzerland, Thomas Moser, an alternate member of the governing board at the Swiss National Bank, said Facebook's Libra project has yet to sound any alarms for the Swiss National Bank and that the country's regulators are "pretty relaxed" about it.
2019-6-25 19:13 | |
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Stephen Moore, former member of the Wall Street Journal editorial board and popular economist, recently attempted to join the Federal Reserve. Alas, he was denied the opportunity. Now, the economist is back in the news again.
2019-6-25 09:00 | |
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Before Facebook launched its Libra project, several rumors predicting the social media giant’s move were doing the rounds. At that time, Caitlin Long, Co-founder of the Wyoming Blockchain Coalition, had laid out six predictions.
2019-6-22 18:00 | |
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The founder of an online bank has accused social media giant Facebook of stealing his company’s logo for their new crypto project, Calibra. This is the latest eyebrow that has been raised since Zuckerberg and co decided to take on the world’s banks with their latest offering.
2019-6-21 08:37 | |
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With the Royal Bank of India (RBI) looking to find out whether or not Libra will operate on a "closed system," reports indicate Facebook is yet to meet with RBI officials or anyone within the Indian government.
2019-6-21 00:25 | |
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Bank of England governor Mark Carney spoke positively about the Utility Settlement Coin project, now dubbed Fnality, during a appearance Thursday.
2019-6-21 20:10 | |
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The Belgian company Euroclear has announced the development of a blockchain project for the issuance of European Commercial Paper (ECP). The proposed solution is a collaboration between the European Investment Bank (EIB), Euroclear, Banco Santander, and EY.
2019-6-20 11:00 | |
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Jerome Powell said the monetary policy shouldn’t be affected by Cryptocurrencies Libra will be strictly regulated by agencies and governments all around the world The Chairman of the Federal Reserve of the United States Jerome Powell talked with the reporters about Facebook’s recently launched Libra. As reported by The Block, the central bank of the […]
2019-6-20 03:54 | |
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A former executive from cryptocurrency firm Circle has been picked up by The Royal Bank of Scotland as CEO of its digital SME offering
2019-6-20 03:47 | |
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By CCN Markets: Facebook is already under fire from regulators less than a day after officially revealing its cryptocurrency whitepaper. Based on three separate talks, it’s clear top government and bank officials from around the world are preparing to regulate Facebook Libra.
2019-6-19 03:30 | |
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Coinspeaker Breaking: Facebook Unveils Libra Cryptocurrency Whitepaper and TestnetFacebook just have released the whitepaper for their Libra project on libra. org, which is the official webpage for the social networks native cryptocurrency.
2019-6-18 12:34 | |
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Coinspeaker Breaking! Facebook Unveils Its Libra CryptocurrencyFacebook just have released the whitepaper for their Libra project on libra. org, which is the official webpage for the social networks native cryptocurrency.
2019-6-18 12:34 | |
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The crypto and finance worlds are both patiently awaiting further news about Facebook’s highly anticipated cryptocurrency project, Libra, which is expected to be officially discussed in detail tomorrow.
2019-6-18 01:00 | |
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In the lead up to Facebook’s official cryptocurrency reveal, the social media titan has signed up gigantic backers for its “Project Libra” as well hiring senior UK bank lobbyist, Ed Bowels. This, according to reports from The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) on June 13, 2019, and the Financial Times.
2019-6-15 18:42 | |
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Investment bank RBC Capital Markets believes that Facebook’s upcoming crypto project will be “one of the most important initiatives in the history of the company”
2019-6-15 17:56 | |
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Standard Chartered Bank’s head of public affairs Ed Bowles has reportedly been hired by Facebook to work on its cryptocurrency project dubbed “Libra”
2019-6-14 13:43 | |
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Facebook's hiring spree for its upcoming cryptocurrency continues with the addition of a senior bank lobbyist from Standard Chartered.
2019-6-14 12:40 | |
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Fresh off a $63 million fundraise, execs at bank blockchain consortium Fnality shed some light on the often-secretive project's plan to tokenize fiat currency.
2019-6-13 11:00 | |
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Singapore and Germany’s central bank have agreed on a collaboration involving cross-border digital asset settlements between the two countries. According to the press release, Monetary Authority of Singapore and the Deutsche Bundesbank agree to join forces on cross-border digital asset…
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