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Rapid Rise of Cryptocurrency Triggers Roadmap for Central Banks to Improve Cross-Border Payment Systems

Cryptocurrency won't wait. That's the message from Randal Quarles, Chairman of the Financial Stability Board (FSB), an international body that…

February 19, 2020

Michael Bloomberg Surges in US Presidential Race, Proposes Bitcoin (BTC) and Cryptocurrency Guardrails, Centralized Database for Financial Transactions

Michael Bloomberg's 2020 US presidential candidacy is looking up. Way up. The former New York mayor just qualified for his…

February 18, 2020

Coronavirus Cash Quarantine Comes to China in Attempt to Sterilize Fiat Currency

Fan Yifei, deputy governor of the People’s Bank of China, revealed at a press conference on Saturday that China is…

February 16, 2020

‘All the Banks Are Broke’ Speech Goes Viral on Crypto Twitter

A passionate two-minute speech delivered by Godfrey Bloom, a member of the European Parliament from 2004 to 2014, is spreading…

February 13, 2020

Treasury Secretary Mnuchin Says US Government Will Roll Out ‘Significant New Requirements’ on Bitcoin (BTC) and Cryptocurrency

Speaking before the Senate Finance Committee on Wednesday, U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin told Congress that new requirements for cryptocurrencies…

February 13, 2020

Fed Chair Jay Powell: ‘Libra Lit Fire,’ All Eyes on Central Bank Digital Currencies

Chairman Jay Powell is crediting Facebook’s proposed currency Libra for prompting the Federal Reserve to take a closer look at…

February 13, 2020

$1,700,000,000 in Bitcoin (BTC) Profits Squandered by US Government

Over the past six years, the US government lost approximately $1.7 billion by selling seized Bitcoin (BTC) that was linked…

February 12, 2020

Japan Eyes Digital Yen to Modernize Financial Infrastructure As It Faces Shrinking and Aging Population

A senior Japanese lawmaker is urging the government to create its own digital yen. In the wake of China's plans…

February 11, 2020

Crypto Startup Filing to Become ‘First Digital Assets Merchant Bank’ in the UK

London-based startup Greengage, formerly DAG Global, is applying for a UK banking license in order to become the “first digital…

February 10, 2020

German Banks Requesting to Custody Bitcoin, Ethereum and XRP: Report

Government officials in Germany confirm that several banks have filed a request to launch a digital asset custody business. BaFin,…

February 9, 2020