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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...
Fabio Panetta: Why we must reign in the wild West of crypto
“170 years ago Americans pushed westward across the frontier to seek their fortune in the gold rush. Greed and lawlessness...
Why did the FCA shut down all the UK’s crypto ATMs
In early March of 2022 the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) released warning on illegal crypto ATMs operating in the...
Crypto industry hardens attempts to influence EU policy
In what will almost certainly turn out to be an ill informed attempt to influence policy, more than 40 crypto...
Mastercard joins gold rush into the Metaverse
Mastercard has joined the land grab by major payments players and banks into the Metaverse, with new filings related to...
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...
The Zuck Buck – Does anyone actually give a …?
The business worlds most loathsome CEO has announced he will give a digital currency another shot after the damaging and...