2020-7-8 00:30 |
SFB Technologies' chief economist sees a future for central bank digital currencies, or CBDCs, but not for privately issued stablecoins. origin »
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The Czech National Bank, the central bank of the Czech Republic, has established a $1 million digital asset portfolio pilot, with plans to hold Bitcoin, a stablecoin and tokenized asset.
Despite growing buzz around crypto, only 3% of central banks plan to hold Bitcoin reserves over the next decade, according to OMFIF’s latest survey. Bitcoin (BTC) may be gaining traction globally, but only a sliver of central banks are planning…
Cecilia Skingsley will leave her role as head of the BIS Innovation Hub next month, cutting short her five-year term by two years amid a broader leadership reshuffle at the central bank body. The Bank for International Settlements digital currency…
The Central Bank of Brazil has initiated the second phase of its central bank digital currency project, DREX, aiming to demonstrate trade finance as a new use case. In a press release on Nov. 19, Brazil’s central bank announced it…
According to the results of the 2023 BIS survey on central bank digital currencies and crypto, only 12% of central banks are planning to issue retail CBDCs in the mid-term. A recent survey by the Bank for International Settlements (BIS)…
The BOJ hiked the benchmark borrowing cost by 10 basis points, abandoning the prolonged negative interest rate policy.
From legal issues to hackers, launching a CBDC is fraught with risks, and BIS has a big list of them to consider.