Europe
UK Steps Up Planning for Digital Pound Currency Backed by BOE
The Bank of England and the UK Treasury stepped up work on creating a digital currency to sit alongside physical...
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Britcoin? UK Gets Closer to Launching a Digital Currency
U.K. authorities on Monday said British businesses and consumers are likely to need a digital version of the pound, formally...
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Next Week Bank of England Will Release an Update on CBDC
Reportedly the United Kingdom (UK) is looking to enhance its efforts on the development of the Central Bank Digital Currency...
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Digital Pound Coming this Decade, Unpublished Treasury and BoE Report Suggests
The Bank of England (BoE) and the Treasury are convinced that a central bank digital currency (CBDC) is becoming increasingly...
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Bank of England Predicts a Digital Pound CBDC by 2030
The Bank of England and the Treasury are set to introduce the idea of a “digital pound” CBDC in a...
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BoE and Treasury Think UK is ‘Likely’ to Need Digital Currency
The Bank of England (BoE) and Britain’s finance ministry think the UK is likely to need to create a central...
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Banks in Russia to Lose $700 Million a Year Due to Digital Ruble, Experts Say
Russian banks may be the main losers from the introduction of a digital ruble while retailers will save on acquiring...
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Montenegro Central Bank Partners With Ripple To Build Its CBDC
Another central bank has chosen Ripple, a crypto payments company for cross-border remittances, to build its own Central Bank Digital...
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Norway’s digital currency project raises privacy questions
The small Nordic country of Norway may not be particularly notable on the global crypto map. With its 22 blockchain...
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Digital Dollar Project Hires Key Staffers to Expand U.S. CBDC Exploration in 2023
The Digital Dollar Project ("DDP"), a non-profit focused on catalyzing the public discussion around a U.S. CBDC, today announced new...
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