2019-11-14 14:05 |
As regulators around the world seek to delay Facebook's Libra, central banks are racing to launch sovereign digital currencies. origin »
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Alan Greenspan, the second longest-serving chairman of the Federal Reserve, has denounced sovereign digital currencies as pointless at an economic conference in China. According to CNBC, Greenspan also criticized Facebook by claiming that the sovereign credit of the United States was stronger than anything Facebook could create or imagine, November 12, 2019.
2019-11-13 18:00 | |
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The People’s Bank of China signed a partnership with Huawei, reportedly to develop blockchain technology for China’s sovereign digital currency. It comes just a week after Xi Jinping pledged that China would “take the leading position” in blockchain.
2019-11-6 12:03 | |
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Hardly two months ago, China was removing WeChat accounts of blockchain news operators and told hotels not to allow any cryptocurrency meetups. In an ironic turn of events, CN Ledger tweeted that it is now illegal to publish an article calling blockchain “a scam” in China.
2019-10-29 10:00 | |
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We live in a world where we rarely act, but often react. Europe is playing on that very tendency. From the East and the West of the continent, digital currencies are being embraced rapidly. On the other side of the Atlantic, Facebook, the social media giant, sent shockwaves throughout the corporate and sovereign world by […] The post European central banks could ‘band together’ to issue a CBDC appeared first on AMBCrypto.
2019-10-25 16:30 | |
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The central bank of Canada is considering launching a sovereign digital currency that would eventually replace cash and combat the “direct threat” cryptocurrencies pose to monetary controls, The Logic reported.
2019-10-17 10:00 | |
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President of the Russian Central Bank, Elvira Nabiullina, believes there is no immediate need for Russia to explore launching a sovereign digital currency. Despite having studied and researched these topics, the central bank doesn’t believe there are any obvious benefits to the economy, as reported by TASS, October 10, 2019 Happy With Current Monetary RegimeRead MoreRead More.
2019-10-11 21:00 | |
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There’s a small team of committed researchers and activists called the Ryver Bitcoin Cash group surveying Venezuelans, and giving them educational resources about the benefits of bitcoin cash.
2019-9-14 20:50 | |
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A long-term sale event will distribute preliminary assets, which will then be exchanged for the SOV once it is launched.
2019-9-11 11:58 | |
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The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) will roll out China’s sovereign digital currency, DC/EP, as early as November this year, distributing it to seven institutions including Alibaba, Tencent, and the four largest banks in the world, two separate sources told Forbes.
2019-8-28 13:10 | |
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Mubadala Investment Capital invests in MidChains, a digital currency trading platform set to launch in late 2019 in Abu Dhabi
2019-8-12 21:01 | |
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Anthony Pompliano, Co-Founder and Partner at Morgan Creek Digital appeared on CNBC’s Squawk Box today alongside Meltem Demirors, Chief Strategy Officer at Coinshare. Anthony stated that countries embracing bitcoin will be groundbreakers and will have notable advantages in moving forward.
2019-7-31 09:48 | |
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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 Markets: Facebook’s unveiling of Libra, its cryptocurrency project coming in 2020, has caught the attention of many, including the French Finance Minister. Bruno Le Maire, speaking on French Radio, has said that this new cryptocurrency cannot operate as a sovereign currency.
2019-6-19 12:05 | |
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Cryptocurrencies have been trending upwards in price over the last few weeks, but in certain countries around the world digital assets have become far more valuable. For instance, in Argentina, the nation’s sovereign currency has lost considerable value and cryptocurrencies like BTC are seeing all-time price highs.
2019-5-28 21:05 | |
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The Russian Duma approved a bill that would enable the country to have a “Great Firewall” or “Iron Curtain” similar to what China has. The result of the law is that, whenever the government wants to, it can censor all incoming and outgoing traffic traveling through state-owned channels.
2019-4-13 00:58 | |
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Mike Novogratz, a Bitcoin proponent and the founder of Galaxy Digital, spoke with Anthony Pompliano about Bitcoin becoming a store of value and exceeding Gold’s market cap. They also spoke about the Federal Reserve’s view on Bitcoin and blockchain technology.
2019-3-27 01:30 | |
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Despite being criticized by several observers in the international community, including the International Monetary Fund (IMF ) and others, the government of the Marshall Islands remains focused on launching a cryptocurrency later in 2019.
2019-3-12 02:00 | |
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The Marshall Islands is the latest country in the world to begin development of their own national Cryptocurrency dubbed the Sovereign, following in the footsteps of Venezuela. Baka Ben Ezer, the chief executive officer of Neema, the firm that will be developing the coin for the government, says that the coin is in development and […]
2019-3-10 21:56 | |
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The Sovereign (SOV) digital currency looks set to become the first decentralized national digital currency. It could be used in the Marshall Islands on an equal footing with the US dollar. Such cryptocurrency as legal tender, even in a small state, is a larger step on the path to crypto-adoption.
2019-3-10 11:44 | |
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Since it came to life in early 2009, Bitcoin has begun disrupting the world of finance. Over the years, this decentralized digital currency came to mean different things for different people.
2019-2-18 18:30 | |
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The idea behind the SOV project lies in the Marshall Islands government's pursuance of "manifesting national liberty” and creation of an alternative state currency to the U.S. dollar
2019-2-17 00:18 | |
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Mike Novogratz, long-time Bitcoin bull and founder of the crypto merchant bank Galaxy Digital, did an interview with Bloomberg… The post Mike Novogratz: “Bitcoin Is Going To Be Digital Gold” Because It’s Sovereign appeared first on Invest In Blockchain.
2019-2-14 03:51 | |
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CoinSpeaker Swiss Wallet Manufacturer Tangem to Issue National Crypto for Marshall Islands The physical banknotes of the Sovereign, the world's first decentralized digital national currency, will join the U.
2019-1-30 09:51 | |
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Iran has lifted the ban on Bitcoin and cryptocurrency as it takes another step towards its own sovereign cryptocurrency amid talks with foreign nations as potential partners. Iran Unbans Bitcoin, ICOs Today, Iran’s central bank has released an early draft of its cryptocurrency laws, lifting the previous ban on Bitcoin, cryptocurrencies, digital tokens, and ICOs, reports to Al Jazeera.
2019-1-29 16:00 | |
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CryptoNinjas Tangem, the producer of blockchain smart card wallets, announced today it will issue the physical banknotes of the sovereign (SOV) – the Republic of the Marshall Islands newly issued decentralized digital national currency.
2019-1-29 02:35 | |
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According to a press release published January 28, 2019, Tangem, a company in the business of producing blockchain smart card wallets, is set to issue the physical notes of the Sovereign (SOV) – the world’s first ever “decentralized digital national currency”.
2019-1-29 22:00 | |
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Smart card wallet maker Tangem announced today that it would be issuing physical banknotes of the sovereign (SOV) currency for the Marshall Islands. The physical banknotes will be based on blockchain technology, enabling cheap, fast and global transactions for the users.
2019-1-28 20:59 | |
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Sterling Sovereign is a new type of cryptocurrency that will serve the hotel industry in terms of accommodation and flight booking systems. The token is fully authorized by the government. Broadly defined, Cryptocurrency is digital virtual money that takes the form of tokens or ‘coins.
2019-1-5 20:50 | |
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Draft legislation designed to hamper Iran’s efforts to create a sovereign cryptocurrency has been introduced in the U. S. Congress. The Blocking Iran Illicit Finance Act bans U. S. citizens and companies from all transactions and dealings in Iranian digital currency.
2018-12-24 00:30 | |
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Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro has announced that the price of the petro, his country’s national “cryptocurrency,” has been increased from 3,600 sovereign bolivars to 9,000.
2018-12-3 06:55 | |
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With contributing reporting from Jimmy Aki. Christine Lagarde, head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), suggested a new course of action for central banks around the world: turn their fiat currencies digital.
2018-11-15 22:38 | |
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As a company looking to give users full control over their digital rights, Blockstack is piloting a new app mining program that encourages designers to create new applications directly on Blockstack’s platform and earn rewards in bitcoin.
2018-10-24 00:30 | |
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The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank have weighed in on sovereign considerations and global implications of blockchain and other financial services technologies.
2018-10-15 19:01 | |
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Life in Venezuela is anything but. Last year, the South American nation of 32 million led the world with 652% inflation and this year the economic turmoil is even worse. As of September 2018, the annual inflation was estimated at 200,000% and International Monetary Fund (IMF) said it could spike to a mindboggling 1,000,000% by December.
2018-10-10 22:30 | |
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The Marshall Islands Launching a Controversial ICO The Marshall Islands is conducting an ICO for a digital token called the Sovereign, or SOV. Yes, the sovereign nation of the Marshall Islands, a small country in the Pacific Ocean between Japan and Hawaii, is holding an ICO.
2018-9-14 08:24 | |
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The IMF (International Monetary Fund) has advised against the Republic of the Marshall Islands’ idea to bring in a digital currency as a second legal tender as well as the US dollar. The Marshall Islands are based in the central Pacific as a remote chain of islands.
2018-9-11 23:00 | |
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After an all out assault on cryptocurrencies in India by the central bank – The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) many speculated around why the RBI had decided to essentially bank cryptocurrency trading in the country.
2018-8-31 08:00 | |
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Morgan Creek Digital and Bitwise Asset Management have launched a Digital Assets Index Fund aimed at endowments, foundations, pensions, wealthy families, and sovereign wealth funds to provide them with the means to.
2018-8-28 19:45 | |
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What follows is an open letter from Jimmy Zhong, co-founder and CEO of IOST, to his team members and shared with Bitcoin Magazine with permission. Recently, I’ve been thinking about an ultimate way of safely storing value — gold, Bitcoin, real estate and power all came to mind.
2018-8-23 22:20 | |
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Venezuela’s economic conditions are worsening by the day, and the authorities have turned to digital coins to help facilitate growth. However, what started with the “Petro” as a digital currency experiment has now given way to a unique (albeit crazy) plan of the Maduro-led government.
2018-8-23 21:01 | |
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Announcing a 60-fold increase of the minimum monthly salary, President Maduro promised Venezuelans they will be paid at least 0. 5 petro, once his monetary reforms are in place next week. The national crypto will be exchanged at a rate of $60 USD and the new “sovereign bolivar” will be pegged to the digital coin.
2018-8-19 05:25 | |
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Toda. Network Corp And YouBase Inc. Joint-Venture To Deliver On Blockchain's Promise Of Digital Sovereign Identity Management Toda. Network Corp. and YouBase have teamed up in a joint venture to make it easier to build distributed, individual-centric applications on YouBase.
2018-7-19 13:50 | |
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Vitalik Buterin believes Ethereum’s upcoming plasma implementation could make ERC20 central bank digital currencies viable. We’ll discuss which governments have considered these sovereign tokens and whether Plasma could, in fact, make Ethereum a good fit.
2018-7-14 01:54 | |
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Vitalik Buterin believes Ethereum’s upcoming plasma implementation could make ERC20 central bank digital currencies viable. We’ll discuss which governments have considered these sovereign tokens and whether Plasma could, in fact, make Ethereum a good fit.
2018-7-14 01:54 | |
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Hu-manity. co has launched the Hu-manity. org Fellows program to champion the digital rights of choice and continuous consent for everyone, everywhere. Hu-manity. co was created to develop human rights and corollary sovereign laws in a distributed manner.
2018-7-4 10:48 | |
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Last year, growing problems of Bitcoin mining centralization came to light with the controversy of an AsicBoost scandal. As a largely centralized hash rate began to threaten the software’s magical property, concerns were raised that incentives at the crux of Bitcoin’s game theory had broken away.
2018-6-29 16:42 | |
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The Bahamas, a Caribbean paradise, or an area of poverty masked by tourist ideology, is the next country to allegedly be dabbling within central bank orientated cryptocurrencies. Such currencies, also known as Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDC) are being used in experiments worldwide to investigate how cryptocurrency could be used to help enhance or compliment sovereign FIAT currencies.
2018-6-26 04:00 | |
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According to statistics from the United Nations Refugee Agency, there are 25. 4 million refugees in the world and some 3. 1 million asylum seekers. On this year’s World Refugee Day, we’re reminded of the perpetual crises that plague our international communities and the displaced individuals they create.
2018-6-21 02:28 | |
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The central bank of South Korea prefers to stay away from the uncharted territory of sovereign digital currency to avoid potential risks to monetary policy and financial stability.
2018-6-19 11:11 | |
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Bitget, top global cryptocurrency exchange and Web3 company, is responding to trader demand and is to list SKALE (SKL). The SKALE Network is designed to enhance the scalability and efficiency of Ethereum-compatible applications.
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Controversial crypto exchange Binance has appointed Richard Teng as its new CEO. The appointment follows the resignation of former CEO Changpeng “CZ” Zhao who pleaded guilty to charges levied against him by the U.S. Department of Justice.
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