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With No Access to PayPal, Square or Revolut, Bermuda Wants to Go All-in on Crypto

Denis Pitcher, chief fintech advisor to the Premier of Bermuda, is discussing his government’s efforts to facilitate blockchain adoption and…

February 3, 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

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

New York Will Launch Its Own Digital Currency If This Proposal Passes

A pair of state lawmakers and a Cornell Law School professor are teaming up to push a proposal that would…

January 8, 2020

ECB Chief Christine Lagarde Says Central Bank Will Accelerate Taskforce Efforts on Digital Currencies, Draws Line on Bitcoin

Speaking at a news conference in Frankfurt following her first address as the new president of the European Central Bank…

December 12, 2019

China Announces Imminent Release of Digital Currency Targeting SWIFT and the US Dollar

Huang Qifan, vice chairman of the China Center for International Economic Exchanges (CCIEE), says he doesn’t think the Facebook-led Libra…

October 28, 2019

European Banking Giant Developing Blockchain Platform and Digital Currency Payments for Transit Riders in Madrid

The Municipal Transport Company of Madrid (EMT) is planning to launch a blockchain-powered application that will allow users to pay…

September 30, 2019

Banking Giant Wells Fargo Launching ‘Digitized Cash’ – But Don’t Call It Crypto

Wells Fargo, the fourth largest bank in the US, is joining the digital asset craze. The bank has announced that…

September 17, 2019

International Monetary Fund Highlights Cryptocurrencies in New Video Series

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is spotlighting the emergence of cryptocurrencies and how their trajectory can be traced to economic…

September 11, 2019

Bank of England Governor Says Digital Currency Could Snap US Dollar Dominance

Mark Carney, governor of the Bank of England, is pushing back against the US dollar and its role in the…

August 23, 2019