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Central banks can use lender of last resort power and decrease CBDC remuneration
PayPal is planning to launch crypto services for users of its platform globally, along with the Venmo app, and the company will explore central bank digital currencies.
Sounds like its CBDC is unlikely to dethrone the United States dollar as the world’s reserve currency anytime soon.
The CEO of the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) recently stated that security tokens must be regulated by the regulatory authority.
Keynote speech by Mr Eddie Yue, Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, at the Hong Kong FinTech Week 2020, Hong Kong, 2 November 2020.
Central bank digital currency (CBDC) across global economies appear to be inevitable, as central banks have been issuing their own pilot tests of CBDC.
The Reserve Bank of Australia has partnered with leading Australian banks and ConsenSys Software to explore wholesale CBDCs and distributed ledger technology (DLT).
China’s digital yuan pilot program is picking up speed.
The project will “explore if there is a future role for a wholesale CBDC in the Australian payments system,” according to the RBA.
Do Europeans want a decentralized digital euro that does not rely on a central intermediary? The European Central Bank is asking for public opinion on CBDC with a new survey.
Australia’s central bank partners with ConsenSys and local banks for proof of concept
As the global financial crisis accelerates, cryptocurrency has returned to mainstream public discourse. You know bitcoin has reached some level of legitimacy when Bloomberg Radio quotes its price.
Digital innovation and central bank digital currency adoption (CBDC) have been on the rise despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. What has driven CBDC forward?
Cambodia’s blockchain-powered payment system goes live
Keynote speech by Mr Yves Mersch, Member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank and Vice-Chair of the Supervisory Board of the European Central Bank, at the ESCB Legal Conference, Frankfurt am Main, 2 November 2020.