Pakistan Seeks to Block Websites Dealing in Cryptocurrency
Pakistan’s Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) is seeking to block websites dealing in cryptocurrency, Dawn newspaper reported Sunday. The FIA is...
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Will China’s Digital Yuan Unseat the US Dollar?
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Fed Chairman Promises Crypto, CBDC Report “Soon”
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell has said the long-awaited digital currency report will...
Central Bank Digital Currency and Banking: Macroeconomic Benefits of a Cash-Like Design
The concern about CBDCs for retail payments is that they will compete for...
Bank of Mexico Aims for 2024 CBDC Launch
The Bank of Mexico wants to have its own digital currency circulating sometime...
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Swiss National Bank Confirms Successful CBDC Test with 5 Commercial Banks
The Swiss National Bank announced on Thursday, January 13th that it has successfully used central bank digital currencies to settle...
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Major coins Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) were trading flat on Monday morning. Inflation worries are keeping investors away from...
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Chinese GDP printed at 4.0% year-on-year for the fourth quarter against expectations of 3.3% and 4.9% previously. Other Chinese data...
Read moreVisa to Test CBDCs Like eNaira with Cards And Wallets
Following after its rival, Mastercard Inc, Visa Inc is offering central banks the opportunity to test CBDC retail applications such...
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US Lawmaker Launches Bill to Prohibit the Fed From Issuing Digital Currency Directly to Individuals
U.S. Congressman Tom Emmer (MN-06) announced Wednesday that he has “introduced a bill prohibiting the Federal Reserve from issuing a...
Read moreThese 9 Countries Are Trying to Create Their Own Digital Currencies to Beat Crypto
If you can’t beat them, copy them. At least, that partly explains why central banks in nine countries have introduced...
Read moreBIS, Swiss National Bank, SIX Exchange Complete Wholesale CBDC Trial
Switzerland is practically ready to launch a wholesale central bank digital currency (CBDC). Working in concert, the Bank for International...
Read moreSwitzerland Tests Digital Currency Payments with Top Investment Banks
Switzerland’s central bank has successfully used digital currency to settle transactions involving five commercial banks, the Swiss National Bank said...
Read moreHouse of Lords Committee Sees ‘No Convincing Case’ for UK CBDC
There is "no convincing case" for the U.K. to have a central bank digital currency (CBDC), a House of Lords...
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Visa Builds On-Ramp for CBDC with Consensys
Visa Inc. joined its rival Mastercard Inc. in offering central banks a way to test retail applications for digital currencies...
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