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Survey: Merchants getting ready for cryptocurrency
When an American online retailer became the first major merchant worldwide to accept cryptocurrency as payment in 2014, it was...
Wall Street decries Digital Dollar as the destruction of banks
Wall Street and its bankers have come out all guns blazing in an argument with the Federal Reserve saying that...
Central Bank Digital Currency’s path forward in the US is simple…
The Bank Policy Institute has responded to a Federal Reserve discussion paper evaluating the costs and benefits of a central...
Results of the 2021 BIS survey on central bank digital currencies
Nine out of 10 central banks are exploring central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), and more than half are now developing...
Stablecoin invasion – The next big thing in crypto?
Cryptocurrency has been in the sights of the payments industry for more than a decade, but it still only just...
An update on the e-krona project from the Riksbank
It should be possible to integrate an e-krona into banks’ and payment service providers’ own existing systems. This is the...
UK sets out stall for crypto – intends to be a leading global hub
The UK government wants to become a “global hub” for the crypto industry. “The UK is open for business and...
BIS Project Dunbar cross-border CBDC initiative deemed a success
The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) has announced the completion of prototypes for a common platform enabling international settlements using...