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A new role, “Head of CBDC,” will help the United Kingdom to “explore the case for a digital pound,” although UK Bitcoiners would argue that might not be necessary. Go to Source Powered by WPeMatico
Saudi Arabia’s central bank stressed that no decision has been made to launch a CBDC in the Kingdom, but it will continue to research use cases. Go to Source Powered by WPeMatico
The team lead will determine the “strategic direction” for Treasury’s efforts to develop a digital pound in line with the U.K. government’s agenda. Go to Source Powered by WPeMatico
With just a few days left before old Nigerian naira banknotes are removed from circulation, some banks have accused the Central Bank of Nigeria of failing to distribute enough new banknotes. Despite growing pressure for it to extend the period for returning the old notes, the central bank insists the Jan. 31 deadline still stands. … Read more
ECB board member Fabio Panetta affirms the ECB’s digital euro privacy policy and says the digital currency will never be programmable, but it may have an app. Go to Source Powered by WPeMatico
The company developing China’s blockchain network wants to create a system for international settlements with stablecoins and state-issued digital currencies. The plan is to establish a platform facilitating the use of these two fiat-based digital assets in foreign trade. Company Behind China’s Blockchain Push Aims to Make Stablecoins and State Coins Interoperable Hong Kong-based Red … Read more
At this point, the test network for the Norwegian CBDC uses not the public Ethereum ecosystem, but a private version of the enterprise blockchain Hyperledger Besu. Go to Source Powered by WPeMatico
A World Economic Forum (WEF) panel comprised of central bankers and global tech providers has profiled central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) as the future of central bank money, presenting them as one of the solutions for limitations in the payments sector today. However, they have also stated these present several limitations still to be addressed. … Read more
A group of global banking experts hosted by the World Economic Forum (WEF) convened about the need for global crypto regulation, including stablecoins and unbacked crypto assets. The panel agreed there must be at least some kind of base regulation for these assets and bank-equivalent regulation for blockchain applications seeking to offer products similar to … Read more
China’s central bank digital currency (CBDC) has seen new use cases in recent days, including buying securities and making offline payments. Go to Source Powered by WPeMatico
