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UK, regulation, stablecoins, payments, cryptoassets
Gonzalo Santamaria and Jens Seidl from Currency Research discuss the potential CBDCs hold to create new opportunities to individuals that had previously declined financial access
Currency Research, Jens Seidl, Gonzalo Santamaria, commercial banks, central banks, CBDC, financial inclusion, payments, cashless, stablecoins, Bitcoin, cryptocurrency
The Stellar Development Foundation (SDF) has signed a deal with Ukraine’s Ministry of Digital Transformation to work on both a central bank digital currency (CBDC) as well as stablecoin and virtual asset infrastructure.
CBDC, stablecoins, blockchains, digital assets, partnership, Stellar, Ukraine, virtual asset
The US Office of the Comptroller of the Currency has given the green light to national banks and federal savings institutions to use public blockchains and stablecoins for settlement.
US, blockchain, stablecoin, banking, settlement, OCC, compliance, AML, Bank Secrecy Act, blockchain
Bitcoin has hit a new all-time high on 16 December 2020, when it went all above USD 20,000.
Coinbase, Binance, Bitcoin, PayPal, Venmo, Visa, Square, crypto, payments, cards, stablecoin, Circle
US-based fintech company Zytara has announced the launch of the Zytara dollar (ZUSD) stablecoin in partnership with its subsidiary Zytara Capital and with Prime Trust.
Zytara, Prime Trust, partnership, ZUSD, stablecoin, US, Zytara Capital, Ethereum, blockchain, cryptocurrency
The Paypers releases the Central Bank Digital Currencies for Dummies, an ebook which is a quick reference guide into CBDCs that aims to inform readers about what CBDCs are, the innovation they promise, the implications, and risks they pose.
Central Bank Digital Currencies, CBDC, Digital dollar, Digital euro, Chinese yuan, Facebook Libra, Stablecoins, Central banks, Commercial banks, Fintech, Technology providers, Monetary policies, Financial systems, COVID-19, Payments digitalisation, Mobile wallets, Smartphones, Financial inclusion, Customer data, Digital identity, Data privacy, Security
Central Bank Digital Currencies for Dummies is a quick reference guide into CBDCs that aims to inform readers about what CBDCs are, the innovation they promise, and the implications and risks they pose
Visa has partnered with Circle Internet Financial, the company behind the USDC stablecoin, to issue a credit card that lets businesses send and receive USDC payments directly.
Visa, Circle Internet Financial, partnership, product launch, USDC, stablecoin, credit card, payments, Fast Track Program, cryptocurrency,
Facebook’s stablecoin, Libra might get off the ground as early as January 2021, albeit in a more limited format than the original multi-currency basket envisioned, according to CoinDesk.
LibraUSD, LibraEUR, LibraGBP, LibraSGD, Libra, Facebook, stablecoins, regulators
SEBA Bank, a FINMA licenced Swiss Bank, has started accepting two new digital currencies to its digital ecosystem: Bitcoin Cash and USD Coin.
SEBA Bank, FINMA licenced Swiss Bank, Bitcoin Cash, USD Coin, stablecoin, cryptocurrency, Switzerland
The team behind Facebook’s Libra have done an experimental research into a payments protocol called FastPay that is seven times faster than the Visa system.
Facebook, Libra, permissioned blockchain, payment system, FastPay, Novi, stablecoins
Plans for a national digital currency have now moved beyond the trial phase, according to the governor of the Bank of Canada.
central bank digital currency, CBDC, Canada, Bank of Canada, banks, stablecoins
‘We can do better than build back the pre-pandemic world – we can build forward to a world that is more resilient, sustainable, and inclusive. We must seize this new Bretton Woods moment’ Kristalina Georgieva, IMF Managing Director, Washington, DC on 15th October 2020
central bank digital currency, CBDC, Covid-19, payments digitalisation, Libra, cross-border payment, cryptocurrencies, tokens, stablecoins, reserve currency, SWIFT, fiscal stimulus, FED, interest rates, central banks, commercial banks, BIS, IMF
Australia-based Stax has announced that West Coast Aquaculture Group (WCA) will conduct the country’s first initial public offering that accepts virtual currency as payment.
Stax, IPO, Australia, virtual currency, cryptocurrency, Tether, stablecoin, blockchain
Cordite Society, a co-operative society registered in the UK, has launched XDC, the first Corda Network digital currency, according to the official press release.
DeFi, stablecoin, cryptocurrency, token, Cordite Society, UK, Corda, blockchain, R3, CBDC
Central banks have set out to regulate cross-border stablecoins with a common approach, adding that more rules may later be needed to ensure stability.
stablecoins, cryptocurrency, Libra, Facebook, banks, central banks, CBDC, bank capital, anti-money laundering, regulation
Blocklete Games, Bitpay, crypto payments, cryptocurrency, blockchain, blockchain gaming, payments, digital payments, digital golf game, Blocklete Golf, digital golfer, digital athletes, Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, XRP, ETH, stablecoins, USDC, GUSD, PAX, BUSD, fraud, chargeback
The European Union aims to introduce new rules within four years to modernise cross-border payments using of blockchain and crypto assets like stablecoins, two EU documents showed.
Stablecoins, cryptocurrency, blockchain, Libra token, Instant payments, crypto assets, Europe
US-based crypto payments provider BitPay has issued a new feature enabling users to buy cryptocurrency from within the BitPay Wallet App using Wyre.
BitPay, Wire, crypto wallet, crypto asset, BitPay Wallet App, ETH, payments, biometric authentication, Samsung Pay, Google Pay, XRP, stablecoin