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The US Fed Looking into Digital Currency Prospect

February 6, 2020

The United States’ Federal Reserve is studying the feasibility of issuing a digital currency, FED Governor Lael Brainard revealed on Wednesday. Speaking at a conference on payments at the Stanford Graduate S...

BIS: Countries with Emerging Economies Are Leading CBDC Development

January 24, 2020

Researches at the Bank of International Settlements, an international financial institution owned by central banks that is designed to foster international monetary and financial cooperation said in a report ...

Japan Crypto Exchange Face Imminent Margin Trading Limits

January 12, 2020

Bitcoin (BTC) and cryptocurrency exchanges in Japan will face significant restrictions on margin trading as soon as this Spring, according to reports. Referencing sources at Japan’s finance regulator, the ...

China’s Digital Currency Progressing But Still No Launch Date

January 6, 2020

Last week, China’s central bank held its annual work conference in Beijing, during which it touched upon numerous topics, one of which is its own CBDC. As always, the report did not go into too many details, ...

China Preps For Central Bank Digital Currency, Introduces Password Law

January 2, 2020

China has officially introduced a new law covering cryptographic password management, as the country prepares to launch its central bank digital currency (CBDC). Local media is reporting that the new regulat...

China Brings Law to Categorize Crypto Passwords Ahead of CBDC Launch

January 2, 2020

As the bell of a new year stroke, China implemented a new law governing the cryptographic passwords. This law came into effect ahead of the launch of the People’s Bank of China-backed digital currency, which...

South Korean Central Bank to Form Digital Currency Task Force

December 27, 2019

The Bank of Korea is in the process of forming a task force to study a central bank digital currency (CBDC). The prospect was revealed by the regulator on Friday on a report named “Monetary Policy 2020.” “T...

Bahamas Central Bank to Test Launch Digital Currency

December 27, 2019

The Central Bank of the Bahamas (CBOB) is working on the development of a digital version of the Bahamian dollar. Per the official announcement, the central bank will first launch the digital currency as a p...

Russian Central Bank Testing Stablecoin Under Sandbox, Exploring CBDC

December 26, 2019

The Bank of Russia has initiated testing of stablecoins pegged to real estate under its regulatory sandbox program. The prospect was revealed by the central bank chairperson Elvira Nabiullina while speaking ...

Rwanda’s Central Bank Looking to Launch Its Own Crypto

August 23, 2019

The National Bank of Rwanda (NBR) is evaluating the feasibility of the development and issuance of a central bank-backed digital currency. According to an August 22 Bloomberg report, with its own digital cur...