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Bank Of Canada Highlights Flaws Of CBDC’s In A Note On ‘Security And Convenience’

A staff analytical note by the Bank of Canada reveals risks involved in launching a national digital currency, or CBDC as it is widely known. The note lists “how [digital currency] balances are aggregated, their transactional use and the competition between suppliers of aggregation solutions” as the main issue facing a CBDC. дальше »

2020-10-6 16:57


Women aren’t failing at science — science is failing women

Female research scientists are more productive than their male colleagues, though they are widely perceived as being less so. Women are also rewarded less for their scientific achievements. That’s according to my team’s study for United Nations University – Merit on gender inequality in scientific research in Mexico, published as a working paper in December 2016. дальше »

2019-1-17 11:23


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Circle’s USDC Stablecoin Begins Trading

Boston-based cryptocurrency finance firm Circle has just joined the multitudes of other crypto exchange platforms now issuing and trading their own stablecoins. As of September 26, 2018, dollar-pegged USDC is now trading on Poloniex, the crypto-to-crypto exchange Circle acquired in February 2018, and on Circle Trade, the company’s over-the-counter (OTC) platform. дальше »

2018-9-27 20:50


Berkeley Professor Questions Stablecoin Viability in Unflattering Op-Ed

University of Berkeley Professor Barry Eichengreen has taken a swipe at the viability of stablecoins in an op-ed published on Project Syndicate. The critique, entitled “The Stable-Coin Myth,” argues stablecoins are not automatically "viable" just because they are pegged to an asset, though Eichengreen does believe they have an advantage over "conventional cryptocurrencies" such as bitcoin which he says "is highly unstable" and "unattractive as units of account. дальше »

2018-9-13 18:07


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India: ICICI Bank Is Focusing on Blockchain for KYC, Trade, and Remittances

In an August 24, 2018, interview with YourStory, Abhijit Singh, Head of Technology at ICICI Bank, said he held a positive attitude towards the impact blockchain would have on the banking industry. More Mainstream Banks Open to Blockchain Although blockchain is widely perceived as a disruption to the banking sector, more and more mainstream banks are looking into ways to...The post %%POSTLINK%% appeared first on %%BLOGLINK%%. дальше »

2018-8-27 09:00