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François Villeroy de Galhau: Central bank digital currency and innovative payments

Speech by Mr François Villeroy de Galhau, Governor of the Bank of France and Chairman of the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de resolution (ACPR), at the ACPR, Paris, 4 December 2019.

Dec 4, 2019bise-CNY
No Demand for a State Digital Currency in Japan: Central Bank Governor

Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda said that there is no public demand for a central bank digital currency in the country.

Dec 4, 2019cointelegraph
British Virgin Islands Announce US Dollar-Backed Digital Currency

Blockchain startup LifeLabs announced that it is developing a U.S. dollar-pegged stablecoin for the British Virgin Islands.

Dec 3, 2019cointelegraph
US Fed Weighs Up Potential CBDC as Countermove Against China

The Fed chairman’s recent letter illuminates how monetary policy bigwigs view crypto and if it might greenlight a USD stablecoin.

Nov 28, 2019cointelegraphProject Hamilton
Ghana Next to Adopt Central Bank Digital Currency

On Tuesday during Ghana’s Annual Banking Conference, Ernest Addison, governor of Ghana’s central bank, shared that a pilot project in rolling out Ghana’s very own Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) has been initiated in a sandbox environment.

Nov 28, 2019supercryptonews
Exclusive: ‘Nothing Is Above Bitcoin, No CBDC, No Stablecoins,' Says Blockstream CEO Adam Back

The crypto businessman sings praises for “uncensorable money.”

Nov 25, 2019cointelegraph
Tunisia Denies CBDC Reports: Here Is How the False News Spread

Earlier this month, media reported that Tunisia had become the first country to issue a CBDC. Now that the central bank has denied the news, it’s time to take a closer look…

Nov 22, 2019cointelegraphe-Dinar
Google, Facebook Take on Banking Duties, Crypto Shrugged to the Side?

With Facebook and Google establishing themselves more firmly into the financial industry, what is the future like for crypto?

Nov 21, 2019cointelegraph
Interest-bearing CBDCs could solve welfare trade-off – IMF paper

Making CBDCs interest-bearing would avoid dangers to cash use or bank deposits

Nov 21, 2019centralbanking
US Fed Studying Digital Dollar Development

The United States Federal Reserve is exploring the opportunity to develop a US dollar digital currency, reported Cointelegraph. Issues and risks of rolling out a central bank digital currency will be looked into as well.

Nov 20, 2019supercryptonewsProject Hamilton
Crypto assets may force central banks into policy synchronisation

Paper examines the impact a global crypto asset would have on the “impossible trinity”

Nov 18, 2019centralbanking
Crypto Leaders Discuss Libra, China's CBDC and a Cashless Future at the Singapore Fintech Festival

A noteworthy panel followed on the topic of “defining the future of digital currency,” joined by Christian Catalini, co-creator of Libra and Head Economist of Calibra, Mu Changchun, Director-Genera

Nov 15, 2019blockchainnews
People’s Bank of China Denies It Has Begun Circulating a National Digital Currency

Officials at the People's Bank of China have issued an official statement disclaiming rumours that China has begun issuing a central bank digital currency (CBDC). 'Recently, the net news said that the People's Bank of China has issued (a) legal digital currency,' the communiqué states,

Nov 13, 2019crowdfundinsidere-CNY
Ex-Fed Chair Greenspan: ‘No Point’ in Central Bank Digital Currencies

Alan Greenspan, the former chair of the United States Federal Reserve, has said there’s “no point” for central banks to issue their own digital currencies.

Nov 12, 2019cointelegraphProject Hamilton
China’s Central Bank’s DCEP is Trying to Make WeChat Pay and Alipay Redundant

Mu Changchun, the Director-General of the Institute of Digital Currency of China’s central bank, People’s Bank of China spoke at one of the panels at the Singapore Fintech Festival held at the Sing

Nov 12, 2019blockchainnewse-CNY