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As the monetary impacts of the coronavirus drive discussions surrounding central bank digital currencies, a U.K. blockchain firm has proposed a CDBD system to the Bank of England.
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It is still too early to gauge the impact of QE on crypto, says Mati Greenspan. “The initial shock of the global economy grinding to a halt” is still too fresh.
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The Bank of England’s deputy governor has warned that stablecoin adoption could have profound implications for the money creation of national economies.
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The senior Bank of England official believes that regulators must act quickly to prevent major tech firms from using stablecoins to dominate the payments sector.
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Libra has gotten off to a spluttering start in the eyes of regulators. But could central banks swoop in and save the day?
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Mark Carney discussed the problems Libra must address prior to launch, while noting the problems it aims to solve, commenting that they do indeed need a solution.
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Mark Carney thinks that while regulators will have to be satisfied, Facebook users will want a cheaper way of moving money.
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Senior adviser to Bank of England Governor Mark Carney said that cryptocurrencies are slow, lack value and fail basic financial tests.
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The Bank of England asked Twitter users to choose how they would want to receive money for Christmas, and most chose digital currency.
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A report from the U.K. Cryptoassets Taskforce has proposed new regulations for cryptocurrencies, particularly on CFDs and futures that reference cryptoassets
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A deputy governor at the Bank of England has warned financial institutions to be wary when dealing with crypto assets.
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The Bank of England will rebuild its Real Time Gross Settlement system to interface with platforms using distributed ledger technology.
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The former FDIC Chair Sheila Bair thinks that the Federal Reserve needs to “get serious” about looking into issuing its own digital currency.
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Representatives from several central banks in Europe and one in Canada spoke at Money20/20 today about why fiat is not particularly threatened by crypto.
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UK’s central bank explores a centralized DLT system, which would offer inter-participant privacy, regulatory oversight and keep data distributed.
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