CBDCs
China Starts Testing Digital Yuan for Salary Payments
China’s Xiong’an New Area, a district located approximately 60 miles southwest of Beijing and a testing ground for new economic ideas, will start allowing digital yuan for wage payments. “The Hash” team unpacks China’s ongoing pilot programs around the digital yuan and their possible impact on the global central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) markets.
House Financial Services Committee to Hold Hearing on Central Bank Digital Currency
Several crypto-related hearings are scheduled in the U.S. Congress this month. The first is being held Tuesday by the House of Financial Services Committee regarding central bank digital currencies (CBDCs). The White House is also reportedly unveiling a national strategy for countering domestic terrorism.
The Case for Digital Dollar
Joining “First Mover” is Stanford Graduate School of Business Professor of Finance Darrell Duffie, who testified at the recent Senate Banking Committee hearing on central bank digital currencies (CBDCs.
Pesquisa do BIS descobre que bancos centrais estão interessados em turistas e não residentes usando os próximos CBDCs
“Os bancos centrais estão considerando uma variedade de acordos [multi-CBDC]”, escreveram os pesquisadores do BIS.
Banco Central do Brasil adia data-alvo para CBDC em dois anos
O BCB disse que o prazo para uma CBDC depende da evolução de seus projetos atuais e do cenário internacional.
Banco Central da Nigéria pode lançar um piloto de moeda digital em 2021
Um funcionário do banco central disse que a Nigéria vem pesquisando CBDCs há dois anos.
Will a Digital Dollar Solve the Crypto Ransomware Problem?
Responding to recent high-profile ransomware attacks on major food and oil companies, U.S. lawmakers are amping up their criticism of bitcoin and cryptocurrencies. Dave Jevans of CipherTrace, which tracks crypto crime and anti-money laundering trends, discusses the potential solutions to cyberattacks and whether having a digital dollar is one of them.
Elizabeth Warren, US Lawmakers Put Bitcoin on Trial in Senate CBDC Hearing
CoinDesk’s Nikhilesh De on the main takeaways from Wednesday’s Senate Banking Committee hearing where Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren and other lawmakers grilled four witnesses about bitcoin and their views on whether to develop a U.S. Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) or “digital dollar.”
Stablecoins e CBDCs T apresentam risco inerente à estabilidade financeira: afirma executivo do Banco da Inglaterra
Christina Segal-Knowles minimizou as preocupações de que o modelo bancário tradicional seria prejudicado.
