The staff note suggested that, although the DeFi ecosystem brings a ton of innovations in the financial sector, the regulatory challenges and vulnerability limit its potential use in traditional finance.
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The potential is there, but the difficulties in achieving financial inclusivity are often underestimated, a Bank of Canada study shows.
4841A central bank discussion paper found that the majority of Canadians have little trouble accessing financial services, which gives them little reason to use a CBDC.
6885The biggest motivation for Canadians interested in Bitcoin is as an investment, according to over one-third of the 4,996 respondents in the Bank of Canada’s 2022 survey.
5877The Bank for International Settlements has published the fifth paper by the group, highlighting its latest thinking on a potential retail CBDC.
4622Canadians are being asked what features they wish to see in a digital Canadian dollar even though there are no plans yet to issue one.
7961Currency swap lines have been used during times of crisis in the past, such as the 2008 global financial crisis and the 2020 coronavirus pandemic.
12164An analyst at the Bank of Canada has written a paper that identifies recurring patterns in CBDC models and how those patterns impact a list of performance criteria.
3003“In particular, Canadians who were young, male, employed, had a university degree, high household income and relatively low financial literacy were more likely to own Bitcoin.”
6254“We wanted to test the power of quantum computing on a research case that is hard to solve using classical computing techniques,” said Maryam Haghighi.
3688The bank will work alongside the MIT Media Labs’ Digital Currency Initiative (DCI) team to examine how “advanced technologies could affect the potential design of a CBDC.”
4895Canada is one of the first countries to approve a Bitcoin ETF and is the fourth-largest nation in terms of hash rate.
5824The Bank of Canada suggested that a Canadian CBDC could provide a number of innovations, including the elimination of transaction fees from debit and credit cards.
3308Amid the global CBDC race, the Canadian central bank does not currently see a strong case for issuing a state digital currency.
9679Crypto volatility is an emerging vulnerability to Canada’s financial system, while stablecoins pose risks for the country’s monetary system, the Bank of Canada said.
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