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BIS Flips on Digital Currencies As 2020 Report Highlights Rapid Rise of Central Banks Testing New Tech

The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) is changing its position on central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), which are new forms…

January 27, 2020

Executives at Coinbase and Ripple Unveil New Push to Advance Cryptocurrency Adoption in the US

A pair of executives at Ripple and Coinbase are leading a new push for smart regulations that foster transparency and…

January 27, 2020

Japan Explores Digital Yen As Facebook and China Lead Push for Virtual Currencies

Japanese lawmakers are drafting a plan that would allow the country to issue its own digital currency. Reuters reports that…

January 25, 2020

Largest Bitcoin (BTC) Investment Vehicle Now Registered As an SEC Reporting Company: Grayscale

Grayscale Investments, sponsor of the largest Bitcoin investment vehicle and the world leader in crypto investing with over $2 billion…

January 22, 2020

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