2021-5-19 11:12 |
While CBDCs could help central banks address the decline in cash payments, some risk factors remain.
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What a year — the coronavirus pandemic that has taken the lives of millions of people around the world, economic uncertainty, and the unemployment numbers that have continued to skyrocket. As a result, governments are increasingly interested in central bank digital currencies in an effort to address the pandemic’s financial ramifications. For many years, CBDCs […]
2020-11-23 19:55 | |
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The digitalization fever, driven by technological advancements and decline in cash usage, has caught the central banks around the globe as they now look to cautiously approach and explore the use caseThe post What consumer-need can a CBDC address? appeared first on AMBCrypto.
2020-3-2 13:30 | |
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A comprehensive framework shared by all participants will negate any risks associated with blockchain, the derivatives repository giant says.
2020-2-13 18:00 | |
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Since the beginning of widespread protests in Lebanon last week, banks and lending institutions have remained closed, fueling fears of an impending nationwide cash crisis. Attempts to assuage the concerns of suffering individuals without money or options are not proving effective, as officials scramble to address the situation against a backdrop of alleged political embezzlement […] The post Lebanese Protestors Gather at Central Bank as Financial Lockout Continues appeared first on Bitcoin News.
2019-10-25 05:45 | |
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It has been suggested by consultancy firm McKinsey & Co. that half of the world’s banks are too weak to survive an economic downturn and that steps need to be taken to address this. On the other hand, it is near impossible for the decentralized financial system of Bitcoin to collapse in the same manner.
2019-10-23 23:49 | |
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Virtually everybody knows what a dollar is, but not as many know about the SDR. The International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) Special Drawing Rights is an international, monetary reserve system created specifically to address limitations of gold and standard fiat currencies such as the USD.
2019-10-14 08:00 | |
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Libra has been a wake-up call for banks to consider major issues in global payment systems, an ECB board member says
2019-9-26 21:18 | |
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In June 2019, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), an inter-governmental agency created to address and reduce international money laundering, terrorist financing, and other financial threats, released new guidelines for international banks.
2019-8-12 17:19 | |
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With the regulatory atmosphere for the crypto space, the banking industry has had some difficulty in adjusting. Considering the evolving space, IBM and Thomson Reuters have reportedly collaborated in an effort to help banks to address the new requirement being implemented.
2019-5-2 01:34 | |
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Julian Assange, co-founder of Wikileaks and early Bitcoin supporter, was arrested at the Ecuadorian Embassy in London and faces extradition to the U. S. on conspiracy charges.
2019-4-12 19:27 | |
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The Bitcoin bull and bear market cycles are a pattern that produces significant developments — when the market is cold, people tend to focus on building the next wave of groundbreaking technology.
2019-3-29 16:26 | |
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QuadrigaCX Exchange’s founder, Gerald Cotten, passed away more than two months ago, and with his death, the keys to the exchange’s cold storage allegedly went to the grave with him.
2019-2-26 22:21 | |
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The Bank of Canada has recently released a report related to Bitcoin and other virtual currencies. The report makes some observations regarding the cryptocurrency space, how it evolved and the future of Bitcoin (BTC).
2019-2-15 07:57 | |
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Ripple CEO claims banks will hold crypto for their customers in 2019 Brad Garlinghouse, the CEO of Ripple, said how he thinks that banks will be holding crypto assets on behalf of their customers as early as 2019.
2018-12-4 18:02 | |
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Crypto-to-USD lender BlockFi has announced that it will support loans backed by both Litecoin and Gemini’s recent stablecoin token GUSD. This is the first time the company is expanding to accept collateral in one of the crypto industry’s top-10 assets besides bitcoin and ether.
2018-10-16 16:07 | |
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Article By David Drake, Founder and Chairman of LDJ Capital. Full bio at the bottom Institutions across sectors seem to agree that blockchain is an innovative technology that, undoubtedly, requires consideration as a future investment.
2018-7-21 18:11 | |
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Singapore’s Chief Financial Technology Officer, Sopnendu Mohanty became the first official in the capacity of a financial regulatory body, to reiterate that ‘native tokens’ are inseparable from decentralised blockchain.
2018-7-12 22:19 | |
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The change in leadership at Tether reflects its commitment to actively exploring new business operations, the company said.
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