Tag: Central Bank Digital Currencies

A recent survey by the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) found the majority of the world’s central banks are not too keen on issuing digital currencies at least for the next three years but 70 percent of them accepted that they are exploring with the idea of CBDCs in some capacity, reports SCMP, on January 8, 2019. Low Acceptance Continues…

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Despite bitcoin-positive news coming from Wall Street, the price of bitcoin dropped by fifteen percent week-on-week, to close around the $7,000 mark on Sunday. Asset management giant Northern Trust announced that it would move into the cryptoasset custody business to provide custodial services to digital asset investors. Moreover, the New York Stock Exchange’s (NYSE) parent company ICE has announced the…

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Speaking at the 2018 Crypto Valley Blockchain conference in Zug, Switzerland, on June 23, 2018, Thomas Moser voiced his doubts about the creation of an ‘e-franc’ Swiss bank crypto. Swiss Official Reveals Cryptocurrency Concerns Moser, a member of the Swiss National Bank’s board of governance, said that the initial interest had now passed, and central banks had become skeptical of…

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