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LAGARDE CALLS FOR GLOBAL REGULATION OF BITCOIN
- 14 January 2021
- Posted by: Cryptovalues
- Category: Central Banks, ECB - Lagarde
No CommentsEuropean Central Bank President Christine Lagarde called on Wednesday for global regulation of Bitcoin, saying the digital currency had been used for money laundering activities in some instances and that any loopholes needed to be closed.. continue here In the meantime… Crypto custodian Anchorage has secured conditional approval for a national trust charter from the
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EUBLOCKCHAIN PUBLISHED A STUDY ON THE LAST DEVELOPMENTS OF EU BLOCKCHAIN SYSTEMS
- 24 November 2020
- Posted by: Cryptovalues
- Category: Cryptovalues News, ECB - Lagarde, EU Law
To support Europe’s efforts to develop a harmonized framework across the EU member states about crypto-assets and their underlying technology (Blockchain or Distributed Ledger Technology, DLT), it is therefore important to study the current level of regulatory and market maturity in each of them. The EUBlockchain Observatory and Forum has undertaken a study on capturing
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CBDC IN AN OPEN ECONOMY
- 20 November 2020
- Posted by: Cryptovalues
- Category: Central Banks, ECB - Lagarde
A working paper issued by the European Central Bank examines the open-economy implications of the introduction of a central bank digital currency (CBDC) and analyses the international transmission of standard monetary policy and technology shocks in the presence and absence of a CDBC and the implications for optimal monetary policy and welfare. The outcomes show
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IMF – WHAT ARE CRYPTOCURRENCIES?
- 25 August 2020
- Posted by: admincryptovalues_wp
- Category: Central Banks, Cryptovalues News
The International Monetary Fund, which had already shown interest in this industry in the past, confirms, with this video, to take a huge step forward towards cryptocurrency. This is the link of the Video where, in a very simple and informative way, it begins with the explanation of what cryptocurrencies are and arrives to hypothesize
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U.S. SENATE TALKS CRYPTO & BLOCKCHAIN
- 6 July 2020
- Posted by: admincryptovalues_wp
- Category: World News
On June 30, the U.S. Senate Banking Committee held a hearing that covered a whole host of policy topics on the digitization of #money and #payments. In what was described as a move closer to the U.S. Digital Dollar, the hearing also covered many hot topics related to the crypto and blockchain space. Chairman Mike
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CBDC WOULD GIVE FED TOO MUCH POWER
- 1 July 2020
- Posted by: admincryptovalues_wp
- Category: World News
According to the American Bankers Association (ABA), a private consortium of American banks, central bank digital currency (CBDC) puts an uncomfortable amount of power in the hands of the Federal Reserve. A CDBC is a currency that is minted and distributed by a central bank. Some designs for central bank digital currencies could either use
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BANQUE DE FRANCE’S EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH TO CENTRAL BANK DIGITAL MONEY
- 22 May 2020
- Posted by: admincryptovalues_wp
- Category: Central Banks, Cryptovalues News
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 May 2020
- Posted by: admincryptovalues_wp
- Category: Central Banks, Cryptovalues News, ECB - Lagarde
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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BANK OF ENGLAND – CENTRAL BANK DIGITAL CURRENCY
- 13 March 2020
- Posted by: admincryptovalues_wp
- Category: Cryptovalues News, World News
We are in the middle of a revolution in payments. Banknotes are being used less frequently to make payments. At the same time, fintech firms have begun to alter the market by offering new forms of money and new ways to pay with it. It is now time to look further ahead, and consider what