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World Bank Group Chief Says Blockchain Has ‘Huge Potential’ After Bond Success

The president of the World Bank has said Blockchain holds “huge potential” and that “embracing technology” is essential to it meeting its aims. Kim: World Bank ‘Not Keeping Up’ Speaking at the joint annual meetings event with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) this week, World Bank president Jim Yong Kim mentioned both cryptocurrency and distributed-ledger technology (DLT) within the context of Blockchain. дальше »

2018-10-12 05:00


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Singapore’s financial regulator wants its banks and blockchains to be friends

Singapore’s financial regulator has revealed it will help local cryptocurrency firms set up traditional bank accounts, to help boost the country’s fintech economy. “What we are trying to do is to bring the banks and cryptocurrency fintech startups together to see if there is some understanding they can reach,” Monetary Authority of Singapore managing director Ravi Menon told Bloomberg. дальше »

2018-10-11 13:52


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Steve Hanke: Central Banks Fuel Wealth Loss and Inflation – The World Needs Less of Them

Respected economist Professor Steve Hanke has chanted down central banks. While Hanke doesn’t tout cryptocurrency as an alternative, he does say that the world needs fewer central banks because these government-controlled entities are messing up economies and abusing monetary policy, while fueling inflation and loss of wealth. дальше »

2018-9-22 04:05


Canada Backs Central Bank-issued Crypto to Bring Economic Gains

An economic and crypto researcher at the Canda’s central bank says that the existence of CBDCs could provide better flexibility in creating monetary policies. Banking institutions from around the globe and other financial agencies have been largely promoting the idea of Central Bank-backed Digital Currencies (CBDCs). Off lately we have been seeing a lot of дальше »

2018-7-28 23:03


Central Bank Digital Currency Called The ‘Worst Financial Idea In Recent Times’

On 18th July 2018, the US congressional subcommittee on Monetary Policy and Trade held a discussion aimed at addressing some of the major questions currently facing digital currencies. The hearing that was aptly named “The Future of Money: A Look at Digital Currencies” looked at all the implications that would come with implementing cryptocurrencies in […] дальше »

2018-7-20 17:53


Hong Kong’s Banking Sector to Get a Blockchain Platform by September

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority, the region’s currency board and central bank, is set to launch a live blockchain-based trading platform in September. The banking project is backed by HSBC, Bank of China, ANZ, DBS Bank, Bank of East Asia,… The post Hong Kong’s Banking Sector to Get a Blockchain Platform by September appeared first on CoinCentral. дальше »

2018-7-20 16:08


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The Genesis Files: With Bit Gold, Szabo Was Inches Away From Inventing Bitcoin

As his Hungarian parents had fled post-war Soviet regime to settle in the United States, Nick Szabo came to call the Californian Bay area of the 1990s his home. Here, he was among the first to frequent the in-person “Cypherpunk” meetings organized by Timothy May, Eric Hughes and other founding members of the collective of cryptographers, programmers and privacy activists centered around the ’90s mailing list of the same name. дальше »

2018-7-13 17:16


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Retail Adoption of Crypto Would “Bring the Internet to a Halt” – BIS Report

The Bank of International Settlements (BIS) has leased a chapter from its forthcoming annual report that delivers a critical appraisal of bitcoin and cryptocurrency. The report attacks virtual currencies from several main standpoints: claiming that cryptocurrencies do not effectively perform monetary functions due to price volatility, that the retail adoption of blockchain-based payment mechanisms would […] The post Retail Adoption of Crypto Would “Bring the Internet to a Halt” – BIS Report appeared first on Bitcoin News. дальше »

2018-6-20 11:20


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The ‘Moral Hazard’ of Centralized Cryptocurrencies according to the Bank of Korea

South Korea’s central bank has announced that it does not plan to launch its own digital currency over fears it could destabilize the economy. According to The Korea Times on Monday, the BoK said that issuing a central bank digital currency (CBDC) could pose a “moral hazard” by adversely affecting monetary policy and its implementation, and possibly дальше »

2018-6-19 23:06


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BIS GM Argues New Cryptos Are “the Alchemy of the Age of Innovation”

The Bank of International Settlements (BIS), a transnational institution owned by and comprised of central banks that seeks to “fosters international monetary and financial cooperation and serves as a bank for central banks,” recently published its quarterly review of “International banking and financial market developments” for June 2018. дальше »

2018-6-17 23:20


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