#IMF News

El Salvador’s Bitcoin Adoption Draws Comments from IMF

June 11, 2021 by Anthonia Isichei at Bitcoin

The International Monetary Fund has become the first major financial gatekeeper to reference the recent move by El Salvador to legalize Bitcoin. Several figures in the legacy financial space continue to espouse anti-crypto sentiments even as the market becomes more popular. IMF Raises Alarm over El Salvador Bitcoin Legalization According...

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An Island Surf Resort in the Pacific is Now Accepting Payment in Bitcoin

February 23, 2021 by Wayne Jones at Bitcoin

Beran Island Resort, which is at the heart of the Marshall Islands, recently announced it is ready to accept BTC in settlements. Crypto Adoption in the RMI The resort is advertising one of their packages dubbed 'a trip to the middle of nowhere,' where 15 friends can rent out the...

IMF Explores the Synergies Between Privately Backed Stablecoins and CBDCs

CBDCs Are Not Real Money, Says IMF Survey Respondents

January 18, 2021 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Regulation

An online survey conducted by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), has revealed that a good number of people across the globe do not see central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) as a real alternative to national fiat currencies. CBDCs Not Real Money At a time when bitcoin (BTC) and other cryptocurrencies...

Former Goldman Sachs Executive: CBDC the Biggest Financial System Overhaul Since Bretton Woods

October 19, 2020 by Dalmas Ngetich at Bitcoin

Raoul Pal, a former Goldman Sachs executive, is convinced Central Bank-backed digital currencies (CBDCs) are here to stay and represent the biggest overhaul of the global financial system since the Bretton Woods accord of the 1970s. BoE, IMF, and ECB take on CBDCs In a tweet shared on Oct 18, Paul points...

IMF Senior Official Says Private Corporations Can Bolster Digital Currencies

May 27, 2020 by Aisshwarya Tiwari at Regulation

Digital currencies are being increasingly looked into around the world, with most governments and corporations alike working on some iteration of the technology. In this regard, a senior official at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) believes a private-public nexus is the way forward for CBDCs. Public-Private the Way Ahead Tommaso...

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Nobel Prize-Winner Myron Scholes Backs Stablecoin to Rival Facebook’s Libra

December 10, 2019 by Edoardo Vecchio at Altcoins

The Saga Foundation, a Swiss non-profit created last year dedicated to developing new technologies in open and decentralized software, is launching a new virtual currency called Saga (SGA). The token is connected to the International Monetary Fund's (IMF's) cash reserve that can initially only be owned by accredited and identified...

IMF To Warn Central Banks That Payment Narratives are Shifting Away From Them

October 17, 2019 by Ashwath Balakrishnan at Bitcoin

Central bankers and finance ministers are set to come together for the World Bank annual meeting, and the IMF has some strong advice for them: regulate digital currencies or watch your monetary monopoly lose power. Sources at Bloomberg believe the IMF has finally understood that the shift from a bank-based system to...

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G7 Report Labels Stablecoins as Significant Risk

October 14, 2019 by Ashwath Balakrishnan at Altcoins

The growth in stablecoin usage has soared since late 2017, and this has regulators and government bodies across the world incredibly worried. A new report formulated by central bank officials of the G7, the IMF, and the Financial Stability Board, believe that global stablecoins pose a systemic threat to the...

IMF Explores the Synergies Between Privately Backed Stablecoins and CBDCs

September 27, 2019 by Ashwath Balakrishnan at Altcoins

Governments have finally stood up from the sidelines and are actively embracing the innovation brought about by cryptocurrencies. While their approach is not novel, it is a more secure and efficient way of conducting activity in the same way it is done today. In a relatively in-depth blog post, the...

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IMF Contemplates the Risks and Rewards of Stablecoins

September 20, 2019 by Osato Avan-Nomayo at Altcoins

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) published a new staff paper on September 19, saying stablecoins can cause significant disruptions to the current global payments framework. However, the organization also admits that this type of cryptocurrencies can contribute to improving financial inclusion across the world. Disintermediation of the Finance Sector According...

Marshall Islands: Government to Issue SOV State-Backed Crypto

September 5, 2019 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Altcoins

David Paul, Minister of Assistance to the President of the Marshall Islands in an essay on September 4, 2019, revealed that the Marshall Islands is on the verge of issuing its blockchain-based sovereign currency dubbed Marshallese sovereign (SOV). SOV will have a fixed annual supply growth rate of four percent...

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Brazil: Central Bank Adopts IMF Cryptocurrency Guidelines

August 27, 2019 by Aisshwarya Tiwari at Regulation

Brazil’s Central Bank, Banco Central de Brasil, published an official notice on August 26, 2019, stating that it had adopted the International Monetary Funds’ (IMF) guidelines with regard to cryptocurrency assets. Non-Financial Products In a major development in the Latin American cryptospace, Brazil’s lender of the last resort – Banco...

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Report: Regulated Digital Money will Boost Global Payments Systems

July 17, 2019 by Ashwath Balakrishnan at News, Regulation

Supranational economic institutions have been studying the effects of cryptocurrency and blockchain. In a report released by the IMF, July 15, 2019, they highlight the potential for cryptocurrencies and traditional digital money to spark a new age of payments. In the future, it is idealised that cash dependence will severely...

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IMF and World Bank to Study Crypto with Native Token

April 15, 2019 by Tokoni Uti at Adoption, Altcoins, Development, Education, News

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank are working to close the knowledge gap that exists regarding blockchain in the financial world by creating their own quasi-cryptocurrency called the Learning Coin, announced April 13, 2019. Private Coins Since crypto has been successfully infiltrating the global financial markets, many...

IMF Head Lagarde Urges Central Banks to Consider Issuing Digital Currencies

November 15, 2018 by Pratik Makadiya at Altcoins, Blockchain, Business, Development, Finance, News, Platform, Tech

On November 14, 2018, the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) Managing Director Christine Lagarde is of the opinion that governments and central banks should look into issuing state-backed digital currencies, witnessing the global shift to cashless economies. Although, IMF chief stated that such innovation could best be achieved by a public-private...

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