Cryptocoins News / CoinJournal - 2 years ago
The Foundation wants to see an inclusive and well-regulated ecosystem put in place to promote a CBDC as well as other digital money projects
The Digital Pound Foundation (DPF), a group comprising experts in the financial, crypto and regulatory sector...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 years ago
The think tank wants to ensure the United Kingdom keeps pace with the developments in the emerging digital landscape. The Digital Pound Foundation (DPF), a group of te...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
The governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, has confirmed the country’s upcoming digital currency will be launched “in a couple of days from now.” According to the governor, the digital currency wh...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
Nigerians are hopeful the planned central bank digital currency (CBDC), also known as the e-naira, is going to enhance cross-border payments and make it “easier for the naira to be widely used and accepted.”
E-Naira Launch a Boo...
Cryptocoins News / CoinJournal - 2 years ago
IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva discredited Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies as forms of money, preferring stablecoins
Speaking during a virtual conference in Italy's Bocconi University yesterday, IMF managing director Kristalina Georgie...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 years ago
Soramitsu, the firm that helped build Cambodia’s Bakong digital payments system, will work with the Laos government to research what a Laotian CBDC might look like. La...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 years ago
Kristalina Georgieva said that stablecoins "fill the digital gap in privately issued money," but labeled Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies as assets rather than a form of money....
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
The Nigerian High Court that is presiding over the e-naira trademark infringement case brought against the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), has ruled that Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) “may proceed on national interest” con...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 years ago
A new study from Hong Kong regulators is expected to present initial thoughts and findings on CBDCs during the summer of 2022. On Monday, the Hong Kong Monetary Autho...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 years ago
In coexistence with mutual benefits, decentralized finance and central bank digital currencies will finally make money universally available worldwide. Decentralized f...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 years ago
eNaira will continue to circulate alongside its fiat counterpart, promising a faster, cheaper and more secure option for monetary transactions. The Nigerian Federal...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 years ago
The new policies recommended by the IMF aim to curb down the financial risks associated with global crypto adoption. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) released a...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 years ago
China’s ban on cryptocurrencies causes a mild slump, but recovering from this FUD is not new for crypto as China’s motives come under the scanner. Chinese regulatory a...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
A spokesperson for the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Osita Nwanisobi, has said the launch of the much-hyped e-naira central bank digital currency (CBDC) has now been postponed to a later date. Nwanisobi’s announcement came less than 24 hours...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 years ago
Cooperation between public and private sectors would be vital for a global CBDC system, says a new joint report. The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) continues...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 years ago
Executives and experts from Google, Amazon, PayPal and ConsenSys will be assisting Britain’s central bank with its CBDC research. The United Kingdom’s central bank is...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
According to reports from Nigeria, the official website for the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)’s e-naira digital currency is now up and running. The reports come just a few days before the start of the central bank digital currency (CBDC) rollo...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 years ago
A BIS report based on a multi-CBDC pilot also showed significant improvements in international remittance speed. The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) has publi...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell has shared the progress of the Fed’s work on a central bank digital currency (CBDC), the digital dollar. “We are working proactively to evaluate whether to issue a CBDC and, if so, in what form...