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Central Bank Digital Currencies Can Replace Cash, Offer Resilience: IMF Chief

The public sector should continue to prepare for CBDC deployment, IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said.

Managing Director of the IMF Kristalina Georgieva (Leon Neal/Getty Images)

Videos

Former FTX Executive Ryan Salame to Plead Guilty: Bloomberg; Neowiz To Build Games on Avalanche

"CoinDesk Daily" host Jennifer Sanasie takes a closer look at the hottest crypto stories today, including former FTX executive Ryan Salame's plans to plead guilty to criminal charges, Bloomberg reported. Korean game publisher Neowiz plans to build games on the Avalanche blockchain. The regulatory warning from the IMF and FSB. Activity in the crypto spot market falls. ARK Invest and 21Shares applied for regulatory approval for an ETF that would directly hold ether.

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Policy

Blanket Crypto Bans Won’t Work, IMF and FSB Warn in Joint Paper

The global standard-setters also warned stablecoins adopted by multiple jurisdictions "may transmit volatility more abruptly" than other crypto.

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Policy

Global Standard Setters to Deliver Global Crypto Policy Roadmap

The Financial Stability Board and the International Monetary Fund are set to deliver a paper calling for global coordination on crypto policy at this weekend's G20 summit.

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Policy

G20 Set to Crystalize Global Crypto Rules as India Wraps Up Presidency

G20 nations, supported by the FSB and IMF under India’s presidency, are set to bring into implementation perhaps the first global crypto regulations ahead of the Leaders’ Summit in September.

Indian fFnance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman (right) with U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen (Indian Finance Ministry)

Policy

G20 President India Publishes Its Input for Framing Global Crypto Rules

India's presidency note on crypto is an effort to have its suggestions included in the framing of global crypto rules.

(L-R) Shaktikanta Das, Governor, Reserve Bank of India and Nirmala Sitharaman, Indian Finance Minister at the G20 Annual Meetings, in Washington DC in October 2022. (Indian Ministry of Finance)

Opinion

Step Aside ‘Blockchain Technology’, IMF and BIS Have a New Crypto Buzzword

Financial stewards including the International Monetary Fund and Bank for International Settlements say tokenization is the future. They’re wrong.

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Policy

Crypto Ban May Not Be Best Approach to Balance Risk, Demand: IMF

The IMF recommended that countries focus on addressing the drivers of crypto demand and unmet digital payment needs.

The IMF is looking at crossborder payments using CBDC (World Bank/Flickr)

Videos

Central Banks Introduce CBDC, Stablecoin Standards With Amazon, Grab Running Trials

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has proposed standards for using digital money, including central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) and tokenized bank deposits, on a distributed ledger. "The Hash" panel breaks down the technical white paper produced by the agency with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and other financial institutions.

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Central Banks Propose CBDC, Stablecoin Standards With Amazon, Grab Running Trials

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), in collaboration with the IMF and other central banks, is proposing common conditions for retail payments with digital money on a distributed ledger.

Amazon was selected to develop an e-commerce app for a digital euro. (Christian Wiediger/Unsplash)