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Though Randal Quarles said there was a "legitimate and strong regulatory interest in how stablecoins are constructed and managed," a U.S. dollar-pegged coin could help provide support for its fiat counterpart.

A meta blockchain project says its new take on decentralization offers unlimited scalability and direct peer-to-peer transactions.

The European Central Bank should rely on public-private cooperation for issuing a digital euro, an exec at BBVA’s digital regulation team said.

John Williams responded to a presentation from Mark Carney, the former head of the Bank of Canada and Bank of England, about the potential for issuing central bank digital currencies.

FinTell Completes B+ Round of Financing led by Youshan Capital On June 15th, Fintech startup FinTell announced the completion of USD tens of millions B+ round of financing. The investment was led by Youshan Capital with participation from Telstra. FinTell is “a one-stop high-end Fintech

Analysts note that the occupied territories' macroeconomic and political conditions don't allow for a digital currency to operate as a means of exchange but stress its potential value at a symbolic level.

The Banque de France or Bank of France, the central bank of France, has prospered in undertaking an experiment on using a central bank digital currency (CBDC) to issue a French government bond.

Global economists continue to question the implications of blockchain implementation for central bank digital currencies.

The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) announced its full support for developing central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) in pursuing financial and monetary stability through international coo

BTC transaction fees have plunged based on the ongoing Chinese crackdown on Bitcoin mining facilities.

The central bank of central banks says CBDCs are necessary for maintaining the status quo of the legacy financial system.

Las monedas digitales de bancos centrales, que en estos momentos transitan de la fase conceptual a la de diseño práctico, renuevan la institución del dinero con un nuevo formato concebido para la era digital, afirma el Banco de Pagos Internacionales en su Informe Económico Anual 2021.

Dalla fase concettuale, le valute digitali di banca centrale stanno ora entrando nella fase della progettazione pratica, per rinnovare l'istituto della moneta in una nuova forma progettata per l'era digitale, scrive la Banca dei Regolamenti Internazionali nella sua Relazione economica annuale 2021.

Swiss-based SEBA Bank, along with partners Banque Internationale à Luxembourg and LuxCSD, has successfully completed their CBDC experiment with Banque de France. The process involved completing the delivery versus payment of a listed security with TARGET2-Securities as a delivery platform in a test environment along