• THE EU’S PROPOSED FRAMEWORK FOR A MARKET IN CRYPTO ASSETS

    • 23 Luglio 2020
    • Posted by: admincryptovalues
    • Category: Banche Centrali, ECB - Lagarde, EU Law
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    The following article by Lawrence Wintermeyer, Exec Co-Chair of Global Digital Finance, shines a light on the upcoming EU proposed Framework for Crypto-assets. After years of anticipation on December 19, 2019 the European Commission (the Commission) issued a public consultation on crypto assets,  which concluded on March 19, 2020. The consultation paper follows detailed due diligence

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  • CANADA: MSB LEGALLY RECOGNIZE CRYPTOCURRENCY EXCHANGES AND PROCESSORS

    • 4 Giugno 2020
    • Posted by: admincryptovalues
    • Category: Banche Centrali, Dal Mondo
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    As Francis Pouliot twitted… Today is my last day as an unregulated dealer in virtual currency. As of June 1st 2020, Bitcoin exchanges and payment processors are officially regulated as Money Services Businesses in Canada. Full circle 7 years after I started my career in Bitcoin lobbying on this very issue. — Frλ͎ncis ☣️ (bullbitcoin.com)

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  • BANQUE DE FRANCE’S EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH TO CENTRAL BANK DIGITAL MONEY

    • 22 Maggio 2020
    • Posted by: admincryptovalues
    • Category: Banche Centrali, Cryptovalues News
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    Since the beginning of the year, the Banque de France has been experimenting with central bank digital money, with the aim of exploring with partners the potential contribution of new technologies to improve the functioning of financial markets and, more specifically, interbank regulations (so-called “wholesale” central bank digital money). Source: Avancement de la démarche d’expérimentations

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  • EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK – DIGITAL CURRENCY

    • 14 Maggio 2020
    • Posted by: admincryptovalues
    • Category: Banche Centrali, Cryptovalues News, ECB - Lagarde
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    An ECB digital currency a flight of fancy? A change in payments behavior is coming, are we ready for the change? Find here the Speech by Yves Mersch. Source:ECB

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  • HOW BANK OF ENGLAND IS EXPLORING CENTRAL BANK DIGITAL CURRENCY

    • 10 Aprile 2020
    • Posted by: admincryptovalues
    • Category: Banche Centrali, Cryptovalues News, Dal Mondo
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    The Bank of England (BoE) published a discussion paper on central bank digital currency (CBDC) in March 2020. BoE researchers and analysts are actively exploring how an electronic form of central bank money would look like and how it could function in the real world. The discussion paper outlines an illustrative model of CBDC designed

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  • NEW REPORT FROM BANK FOR INTERNATIONAL SETTLEMENTS (BIS)

    • 6 Aprile 2020
    • Posted by: admincryptovalues
    • Category: Banche Centrali, Dal Mondo
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    Le infrastrutture di pagamento gestite da banche centrali resilienti e accessibili potrebbero rapidamente diventare più importanti, comprese le valute digitali (CBDC) delle banche centrali al dettaglio. Tali infrastrutture dovrebbero resistere a una vasta gamma di shock, tra cui pandemie e attacchi informatici. Nel contesto dell’attuale crisi, il CBDC dovrebbe in particolare essere progettato consentendo opzioni

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  • IMF’S TAKE ON CBDC

    • 23 Marzo 2020
    • Posted by: admincryptovalues
    • Category: Banche Centrali, Dal Mondo
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    Tao Zhang’s Keynote about some of the main pros and cons of CBDC and what the IMF is doing in this area. Read the speech HERE. Source: IMF Image credit: TOGO

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  • DIGITAL YEN : JAPAN COULD LAUNCH CBDC IN 3 YEARS

    • 11 Febbraio 2020
    • Posted by: admincryptovalues
    • Category: Banche Centrali, Dal Mondo
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    According to Reuters, Kozo Yamamoto, Head of the banking and finance systems research commission at Japan’s ruling party, has proposed to create and launch a digital yen cryptocurrency within two to three years. The Liberal Democratic Party legislator remarked that: “The sooner the better. We’ll draft proposals to be included in government’s policy guidelines, and

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  • PAST, PRESENT, FUTURE OF PAYMENTS

    • 29 Gennaio 2020
    • Posted by: admincryptovalues
    • Category: Banche Centrali, Dal Mondo
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    Past, present and future in the world of Payments. What will be the trends? What evolution and potential will digital payments offer? Part I. Cash: the Dinosaur Will Survive … For Now Part II. Moving to Digital Wallets and the Extinction of Plastic Cards Part III. Digital Currencies: the Ultimate Hard Power Tool source: DEUTSCHE

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  • UPDATE REGULATORY FRAMEWORK FOR DIGITAL PAYMENTS

    • 28 Gennaio 2020
    • Posted by: admincryptovalues
    • Category: Banche Centrali, Dal Mondo
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    An updated  regulatory framework for digital payments from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) Announced Tuesday, Singapore’s Payment Services Act 2019 (PSA) brings so-called Digital Payment Token (DPT) services – effectively covering all crypto businesses and exchanges based in Singapore – under current anti-money laundering (AML) and counter-terrorist-financing (CTF) rules.  Read more …. Source: Coindesk   The Monetary

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