Central Bank News

The Office of Government Ethics reminded federal agency ethics officers of current law and extended its interpretation of the law to mutual funds.

ECB’s interest in identifying the best cross-border payment solution stems from the fact that it serves as the central bank of the 19 European Union countries which have adopted the euro.

While cash is associated with more anonymity, it’s still less mobile and easy to use in large amounts than a digital currency, China’s CBDC project lead Mu Changchun said.

A think tank in the Philippines doesn’t give up on efforts to ban Binance, now claiming that the crypto exchange has been operating illegally in the country.

The Dutch central bank said that the Binance crypto exchange had a “very large number of customers in the Netherlands."

Phillip Lowe believes that there are risks in dealing with cryptocurrency that can be mitigated by strong regulations, but the tech should be made by private companies.

The archipelagic country of the the Philippines is exploring blockchain use cases across different industry verticals.

Thousands of Sri Lankans took to the streets of Colombo in protest of the government’s response to the economic situation in the country.

Did May’s algorithmic stablecoin crashes kill the concept, or is there still a role for fiat-pegged cryptocurrencies?

Changpeng Zhao, CEO of Binance, said that compliance with regulation is crucial to the broader adoption of crypto.

The underlying tech of a central bank digital currency wasn’t enough to convince some panelists at a Fed conference that it could change the international currency system.

The central bank said the growth of the crypto market did not pose an “immediate threat” to the United Kingdom’s financial system, but had the potential to do so in the future.

Puerto Rico regulators closed down Schiff’s bank for not maintaining the net minimum capital requirements. As a result, customers lost access to their accounts following a subsequent freeze.

A state-backed digital currency like the U.S. dollar doesn’t necessarily have to be a competitor to a decentralized cryptocurrency, one industry exec believes.

Testimony from the Fed Chair provides no surprises while risk assets meander on the Wall Street open.