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IMF Says Making Bitcoin a National Currency is an ‘Inadvisable Shortcut’

July 27, 2021

As El Salvador is preparing to make bitcoin (BTC) legal tender this September, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) issued another warning, stressing that this move "is an inadvisable shortcut." While gover...

IMF Study Finds Only 40 Central Banks Can Issue CBDC Legally

January 17, 2021

IMF study finds only 40 central banks can issue CBDC legally. On Thursday, the IMF published a blog post on their exploration on whether or not digital money is legally real money. Catalina Margulis, a consu...

Pandemic Accelerated Regulators’ Interest In CBDCs Says Russia Central Bank

November 7, 2020

Pandemic acclerated regulators' interest in CBDC's says Russia Central Bank. Representatives were unanimous in their predictions of the far-reaching implications of the current crisis at an online meeting of ...

IMF Releases Crypto Explainer, Saying It ‘Could Be The Next Step In The Evolution Of Money’

August 25, 2020

IMF releases crypto explainer saying it 'could be the next step in the evolution of money'. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has issued a video that will clarify what cryptocurrency is. While implying th...