Deutsche Boerse and Swiss state-run telecom Swisscom have settled securities transactions using different blockchain protocols.
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A central or reserve bank is a governmental financial institution that controls the state’s currency, interest rates and money supply. A central bank is often the regulator of the commercial banking system of its country and acts as a “lender of last resort” to the banking sector when banks find themselves unable to obtain sufficient liquidity without the help of the regulator. A central bank is supposed to be maximally independent from political interference, but usually is under limited control. The main goals of a central bank are high employment, price stability and economic growth, which are achieved with macroeconomic reforms, fights against inflation, capital investments and consulting activities. The main instruments of a central bank are control over interest rates, open market regulations, capital and reserve requirements and regulating currency exchanges.
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Iranian protesters have set Behbahan branch of the Central Bank of Iran on fire as the cryptocurrency community follows the developments.
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The amount of worldwide debt will expand to levels never before seen this year, as Bitcoiners urge consumers to “fight the war” on financial sovereignty.
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“The Bitcoin Reformation” points to four fundamental parallels between the Protestant Reformation and the present day — do they have merit?
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A peek at the Reserve Bank of India’s views on cryptocurrency regulation and its exploration of central bank digital currencies.
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Alan Greenspan, the former chair of the United States Federal Reserve, has said there’s “no point” for central banks to issue their own digital currencies.
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China’s digital currency will launch in two to three months, said founding managing partner of HCM Capital Jack Lee.
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Both Argentina and Venezuela see their biggest ever weekly volumes on Localbitcoins as citizens grapple with the deteriorating purchasing power of their fiat cu...
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Singapore's central bank and state investment firm have created a prototype multi-currency blockchain-based payments network together with JPMorgan.
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Bitcoin lacks the characteristics of a currency and is purely speculative, according to the European Central Bank’s former president Jean-Claude Trichet.
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Consensys founder Joseph Lubin said that he hopes China’s digital currency will be interoperable with Ethereum and other public and open-access blockchains.
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Russian ICO startup Universa will issue and manage Tunisia’s central bank digital currency.
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Malaysia’s 2020 cash restrictions will affect everything except humanitarian aid and regulated financial institutions.
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The former head of People’s Bank of China, Zhou Xiaochuan has argued that Libra would be more readily trusted if it were in the hands of an entity like the IMF.
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A senior U.S. federal official argued that Facebook’s Libra highlights the need for the FED to urgently launch its own real-time payments system — FedNow.
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