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The Bahamas Racing Ahead with the Sand Dollar

The Bahamas are rolling out their Sand Dollar digital currency across the island chain and look to be ahead of some of the larger countries around the world.

Scott Barron

Mar 07, 2020

| 2 Min Read

#SAND DOLLAR #BAHAMAS #CBDC #CENTRAL BANK

CBDC:Insights

Ethereum’s Vitalik Buterin: Centralized Digital Currencies Without Privacy Are a Huge Step Back

Vitalik Buterin the Ethereum co-founder believes that mainstream adoption of digital currencies is inevitable, with or without blockchain, but will that currency be sovereign, corporate or decentralized?

Lucas Cacioli

Mar 06, 2020

| 6 Min Read

#BLOCKCHAIN #ETHEREUM #CBDC #BUTERIN #ENTERPRISE ETHEREUM #DECENTRALIZED FUTURE #DIGITAL CURRENCY

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World's First National Digital Currency to Be Built on Algorand

World’s First National Digital Currency to Be Built on Algorand

Lucas Cacioli

Mar 03, 2020

| 2 Min Read

#BLOCKCHAIN #ALGORAND #RMI #SOV #CBDC #CRYPTOCURRENCY

Analysis

BIS Newest Quarterly Report: What Potentials Do CBDCs and Distributed Ledger Technology Hold?

The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) has released its newest quarterly report on the changes in the payment industry, including the market impact of the recent coronavirus outbreak. Some of the trends mentioned in the report include stablecoins, tokenized securities, central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), cross-border payments, and peer-to-peer payments.

Sarah Tran

Mar 02, 2020

| 3 Min Read

#BLOCKCHAIN #BITCOIN #DLT #CBDC #BIS #BANK FOR INTERNATIONAL SETTLEMENTS

CBDC:Insights

Canada, Netherlands, Ukraine Central Banks Say Blockchain Not Necessary for CBDC

In a conference hosted by National Bank of Ukraine, some central banks recently suggested that blockchain is unnecessary for digital fiat currency

Nicholas Otieno

Feb 26, 2020

| 3 Min Read

#BLOCKCHAIN #CBDC #FACEBOOK #LIBRA #CENTRAL BANKS #DIGITAL FIAT #STABLECOIN

CBDC:Asia

How Far Away is Japan’s CBDC? Bank of Japan Meets with Monetary Authorities on Potential Digital Yen Issuance

Japan’s Monetary Authorities Get Serious About CBDC Research and Roll Out

Lucas Cacioli

Feb 24, 2020

| 3 Min Read

#BLOCKCHAIN #DIGITAL YEN #CBDC #BANK OF JAPAN #FSA #MOF #LIBRA #SOVEREIGN ISSUANCE

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Sweden's Sveriges Riksbank Begins Testing Its Blockchain-Powered Central Bank Digital Currency

Sweden’s Riksbank announced that it had started testing an e-krona, taking one step closer to the release of a central bank digital currency.

Sarah Tran

Feb 21, 2020

| 2 Min Read

#SWEDEN #CBDC #E-KRONA #BLOCKCHAIN #TECHNOLOGY

Asia

WeChat Pay and Alipay May Have Helped China to Track Coronavirus Victims Through Digital Payments

With the novel coronavirus infecting more than 75,000 people around the world, and with the majority of the Chinese population in the Hubei province infected, authorities in the nation decided to track everyone who bought fever medicine in the province.

Sarah Tran

Feb 19, 2020

| 2 Min Read

#CBDC #CHINA #CORONAVIRUS #WUHAN #WUHAN CORONAVIRUS #COVID-19 #WECHAT #ALIPAY #WECHAT PAY

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Impending Central Bank Digital Currency: Data Shows Not All Central Banks Support the Move

The paradox of the situation is that banks with the capacity to push the world into the digital currency era are actually not showing much interest towards adoption; with the reason for their reluctance remaining a question with no answer.

Alo Kingsley

Feb 17, 2020

| 2 Min Read

#CBDC #CURRENCY #CENTRAL BANK #GOVERNMENT #FIAT #DIGITAL CURRENCY

Interview

Hong Kong's Highest-Profile FinTech Consultant: Libra Puts CBDCs to the Top of the Central Banks' Agenda

Blockchain.News interviewed Arslanian at the Asian Financial Forum held in Hong Kong earlier this month, where he was invited to speak on the development of FinTech.

Sarah Tran

Feb 12, 2020

| 4 Min Read

#PWC #CBDC #FACEBOOK #LIBRA #CENTRAL BANKS #REGULATION #POLICY