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The central bank of central banks says CBDCs are necessary for maintaining the status quo of the legacy financial system.
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For two decades, the digital currency paradigm was a largely fringe concept championed by cryptography advocates before the launch of the cryptocurrency Bitcoin (BTC) in 2008, which heralded a new technological and social phenomenon.
While the goal of cryptocurrencies is to provide a medium for global, peer-to-peer transaction settlement that preserves privacy and financial security, digital currencies more broadly encompass any digital form of money, including the more recent trend of central bank digital currencies, or CBDCs.
Currently in development in China and other countries, these digital currencies may leverage blockchain technology for secure payments but with added capital controls and surveillance practices in stark contrast with the ethos of cryptocurrencies.
The future of digital currencies is uncertain. Will CBDCs become the dominant form of digital cash adopted by the masses, or will people opt into a more open, secure, permissionless financial system in the form of Bitcoin and the crypto economy?
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The Bank of France has completed a central bank digital currency pilot for securities transactions in collaboration with Swiss crypto bank SEBA.
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The Agricultural Bank of China previously debuted digital yuan ATMs this January.
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China reportedly implemented the country’s first blockchain-powered digital yuan transactions in the Xiong’an New Area.
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The Central Bank of Nigeria says it is gearing up to test a sovereign digital currency to ease foreign remittance restrictions.
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“We are going to lead the shift to crypto and fintech in Mexico,” said one senator.
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Ghana is striving to become the first African nation to float a central bank digital currency.
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The ECB’s annual euro report stressed that a digital euro may be needed to fight off the threat of “artificial currencies” from “foreign tech giants.”
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Beijing residents should apply to participate in the lottery until midnight on June 7.
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55% of survey respondents said that they were aware of crypto despite never owning or using cryptocurrencies.
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Amid the global CBDC race, the Canadian central bank does not currently see a strong case for issuing a state digital currency.
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After banning crypto payments back in 2017, Indonesia is looking to allow payments in a digital rupiah currency.
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The South African Reserve Bank has begun exploratory studies on central bank digital currencies.
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The Federal Reserve Governor has urged the United States to be at the forefront of developing CBDC to maintain the U.S. dollar’s role as a global reserve currency.
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