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Jul 16 2021

The Coming Rise And Fall Of Central Bank Digital Currencies

□ Jul 16 2021 □ Published at Bitcoin Magazine under tags  cbdc central bank digital currency culture digital currencies

Digital currencies are quickly gaining traction in the world; but Bitcoin is poised to maintain superior incentives.Bitcoin’s popularity has unleashed a race for digital money dominance, which is likely to intensify with the emergence of Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs). In a 2021 survey of central banks, 86% of respondents indicated they are...

Jul 06 2021

PM Of Vietnam Orders Central Bank To Conduct Cryptocurrency Pilot Implementation

□ Jul 06 2021 □ Published at Bitcoinist.com under tags  cbdc central bank digital currency cryptocurrencies crypto exchanges news

Phạm Minh Chính, the prime minister of Vietnam, has mandated the country's Central Bank to study and pilot cryptocurrency implementation. This puts Vietnam’s State Bank as the first bank of a country to explore the practicability and functions of central Bank Digital currencies (CBDCs). The country’s State Bank is about...

Apr 29 2021

Fed Chairman Says The U.S. Is Not Competing With China on Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC)

□ Apr 29 2021 □ Published at Coingape under tags  central bank digital currencies central bank digital currency digital dollar digital yuan dollar digitalization

The Chinese central bank - People's Bank of China (PBoC) - has expedited its efforts on launching its central bank digital currency (CBDC) Digital Yuan. However, the U.S. isn't quite...

Mar 27 2021

Japan’s Central Bank to Start CBDC Feasibility Tests Next Month Onwards

□ Mar 27 2021 □ Published at Coingape under tags  bank of international settlements bank of japan bis boj central bank digital currency

As the CBDC developments catch pace worldwide, the Bank of Japan is making its own moves. On Friday, March 26, the Japanese central bank said that it will start the feasibility study and test of its own CBDC - Digital Yen...

Feb 17 2021

Mastercard Launches Prepaid Card for World’s First CBDC in Bahamas

□ Feb 17 2021 □ Published at CoinDesk under tags  bahamas business cbdcs central bank digital currency mastercard

The Bahamian Sand Dollar can now be used for payments anywhere Mastercard is accepted.

Jan 13 2021

Bitcoin in Race for Adoption Before Central Banks Launch Digital Currencies: Australia’s Macquarie

□ Jan 13 2021 □ Published at CoinDesk under tags  bitcoin cbdc cbdcs central bank digital currency cryptocurrencies

With a runway of a year or more before the Federal Reserve and other major central banks can launch digital currencies, bitcoin and other private cryptocurrencies could gain a foothold in electronic commerce.

Nov 30 2020

ECB President Christine Lagarde Pushes The Use of Digital Euro to Complement Cash

□ Nov 30 2020 □ Published at Coingape under tags  cbdc central bank digital currency christine lagarde digital euro european central bank

Christine Lagarde, the current president of the European Central Bank (ECB), has once again spoken in favor of the Digital Euro. In her recent interview with the L’ENA hors les murs magazine, Lagarde speaks about the future of money...

Nov 19 2020

Nov 13 2020

Bank of England Official Balks at Shielding Banks Against Digital Currencies: Report

□ Nov 13 2020 □ Published at CoinDesk under tags  bank of england banks central bank digital currency news policy & regulation

Deputy Governor Jon Cunliffe says protecting bank business models is not BoE's responsibility.

Nov 09 2020

Debate Rages on Whether a Digital Dollar Will Unleash Inflation

□ Nov 09 2020 □ Published at CoinDesk under tags  cbdc cbdcs central bank digital currency federal reserve inflation

Some speculate that if the Fed implements a digital dollar, soaring inflation will soon follow.

Oct 21 2020

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