• LAGARDE CALLS FOR GLOBAL REGULATION OF BITCOIN

    • 14 January 2021
    • Posted by: Cryptovalues
    • Category: Central Banks, ECB - Lagarde
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    European 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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  • BANK OF RUSSIA DIGITAL RUBLO ON THE WAY

    • 13 October 2020
    • Posted by: Cryptovalues
    • Category: Central Banks, World News
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    “The Bank of Russia deems it crucial to discuss the key aspects, benefits, potential risks, milestones and timeframes for the implementation of the digital ruble project with financial market participants, experts and the general public. ” Read more in the article HERE Source: BANK OF RUSSIA

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  • FCA BANS THE SALE OF CRYPTO-DERIVATIVES TO RETAIL CONSUMERS

    • 7 October 2020
    • Posted by: Curatore
    • Category: World News
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    “Unregulated transferable cryptoassets are tokens that are not ‘specified investments’ or e-money, and can be traded, which includes well-known tokens such as Bitcoin, Ether or Ripple. Specified investments are types of investment which are specified in legislation. Firms that carry out particular types of regulated activity in relation to those investments must be authorised by

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  • REPORT ON A DIGITAL EURO

    • 4 October 2020
    • Posted by: Curatore
    • Category: Central Banks, ECB - Lagarde
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    “The euro belongs to Europeans and we are its guardian. We should be prepared to issue a digital euro, should the need arise.” Christine Lagarde, President of the ECB “We need to make sure that our currency is fit for the future. Inaction is not an option.” Fabio Panetta, ECB Executive Board Member Why a

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  • EUROPEAN COMMISSION DRAFT- REGULATION ON MARKETS IN CRYPTO-ASSETS

    • 15 September 2020
    • Posted by: Curatore
    • Category: ECB - Lagarde, EU Law
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    This draft is a further sign of how the crypto industry is taking giant steps towards European regulation. Download here the PDF: DRAFT REGULATION MARKETS IN CRYPTO ASSETS Source: POLITICO Europe 

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  • OECD SME AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP PAPERS

    • 11 September 2020
    • Posted by: Curatore
    • Category: Academic World, Legal
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    The series provides comparative evidence and analysis on SME and entrepreneurship performance and trends and on a broad range of policy areas, including SME financing, innovation, productivity, skills, internationalisation, and others. Blockchain for SMEs and entrepreneurs in Italy

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  • IMF – WHAT ARE CRYPTOCURRENCIES?

    • 25 August 2020
    • Posted by: Curatore
    • Category: Central Banks, Cryptovalues News
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    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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  • DELOITTE’S 2020 GLOBAL BLOCKCHAIN SURVEY

    • 18 June 2020
    • Posted by: Curatore
    • Category: Companies, Cryptovalues News, Research & Development, Training
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    Nearly 40% of companies surveyed by Deloitte have already implemented #blockchain technology to improve their processes, but challenges remain for greater adoption. Deloitte surveyed around 1,500 senior #executives across 14 countries and found that more companies have put #money and resources on blockchain this year as compared to last year. In 2019, 23% of respondents

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  • IMF’S TAKE ON CBDC

    • 23 March 2020
    • Posted by: Curatore
    • Category: Central Banks, World News
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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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  • LIBRA OR LIBRAE?

    • 21 March 2020
    • Posted by: Curatore
    • Category: Academic World, Cryptovalues News
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    Basket based stablecoins to mitigate foreign exchange volatility spillovers. In the paper they present a methodology to empirically build a basket based stable coin  (a Librae) whose weights can maximize stability over a long time period. The proposed stable coin (Librae) appears to be less volatile than single currencies and, therefore, with respect to single

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