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Former IMF Chief Economist Says Bitcoin Similar to Gold, Predicts Digital Assets Will Transform Financial System

Former IMF Chief Economist Raghuram Rajan sees digital currencies Bitcoin and Libra playing a greater role in the financial system…

August 23, 2020

IMF Says Countries Eyeing Central Bank Digital Currencies Break Down Into Three Types

This year, Facebook became the indisputable giant that sounded the bell on building a cryptocurrency for the masses. Amid controversy…

December 30, 2019

Cash Out: Central Banks Poised to Opt in on Digital Currencies Within 5 Years – New IBM Report

A new report conducted by tech giant IBM and the Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum, a London-based forum for…

October 30, 2019

European Telecom Giant Testing Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP, Litecoin, Stellar and Dash for Payments to Replace ‘Obsolete’ Cash

Telecom giant A1 is testing cryptocurrency payments at certain store locations in a move to eliminate cash. According to a…

August 21, 2019

Fierce Bitcoin Critic Admits Crypto Assets Have Role in Global Finance

Speaking at the Conference on Technology-Enabled Disruption, Agustín Carstens, the general manager of the Bank of International Settlements, questions the…

June 6, 2019