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Digital Currencies Heat Up As World’s Leading Central Banks Join Forces to Explore New Financial Infrastructure

Several central banks have announced the formation of an official group to assess potential use cases for central bank digital…

January 21, 2020

Reserve Bank of India Says There Is No Ban on Virtual Currencies

The Reserve Bank of India says it had not banned the use of virtual currencies in the country when it…

January 21, 2020

UK Regulator Plans to Track Bitcoin, Ethereum and XRP Transactions on Massive Scale, According to Newly Discovered Government Contract

Officials at HM Revenue and Customs, the United Kingdom's tax authority, want to buy a tool that will help them…

January 21, 2020

4,000 Lawyers at the SEC Struggle to Explain Algorithms and Keep Up With Crypto, Says Regulator

There are 4,000 lawyers at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, but the agency is light on programmers who can…

January 20, 2020

Digital Dollar Project Officially Kicks Off to Push Exploration of New US Currency

Christopher Giancarlo, former Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, along with Charles Giancarlo and Daniel Gorfine, are teaming up…

January 19, 2020

Lawsuit: Man’s Life Savings Held in Plastic Container Seized at Airport, Highlighting Case for Bitcoin

Rebecca Brown watched her father's entire life savings, accumulated over 79 years, get whisked away by a Drug Enforcement Administration…

January 17, 2020

Former CFTC Chairman Launching Digital Dollar Project to Develop New Currency Fully Backed by the US Government

Christopher Giancarlo has an idea. The former Chairman of the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission is launching a digital dollar…

January 17, 2020

US SEC Issues Stark Warning on ‘So-Called Initial Exchange Offerings’

The US Securities and Exchange Commission is issuing a crypto alert to investors through its Investor Education and Advocacy division,…

January 17, 2020

Head of IMF Highlights Digital Currencies As Top Priority in 2020 for Its 189 Member Countries

The head of the International Monetary Fund, economist Kristalina Georgieva, is listing the organization's top priorities for the new year.…

January 16, 2020

Ripple Spent $170,000 Lobbying President Trump’s Staff on Blockchain and Cryptocurrency in 2019: OpenSecrets

New numbers are revealing how Ripple is spending its money to shape blockchain and cryptocurrency regulations in the US. Ripple…

January 16, 2020