CBDC

The phrase "central bank digital currency" (CBDC) has been used to refer to various proposals involving digital currency issued by a central bank. The present concept of CBDCs was directly inspired by Bitcoin, but a CBDC is different from virtual currency and cryptocurrency, which are not issued by a state and lack the legal tender status declared by the government.

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Volatile Crypto Markets Grab Attention Of Central Bankers, Investors 
Volatile Crypto Markets Grab Attention Of Central Bankers, Investors 
May 21, 2021  |  Cryptocurrency

Investors aren’t the only ones paying more attention to cryptocurrency trading lately, as a span of wild market gyrations has increasingly put this budding asset...

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Kazakhstan Central Bank Eyes Creating Digital Tenge Currency
Kazakhstan Central Bank Eyes Creating Digital Tenge Currency
May 06, 2021  |  Cryptocurrency

Kazakhstan is the latest country to potentially consider a central bank digital currency (CBDC), according to Coindesk Thursday (May 6). The National Bank for the...

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Bitcoin Daily: Sotheby’s Teams With Coinbase To Accept Crypto At Auction; Binance CEO: CBDCs Will Be More Restrictive Than Current Crypto
Bitcoin Daily: Sotheby’s Teams With Coinbase To Accept Crypto At Auction; Binance CEO: CBDCs Will...
May 05, 2021  |  Cryptocurrency

In a partnership with Coinbase, art marketplace Sotheby’s now accepts bitcoin and ethereum payments for art, beginning with Banksy’s Love is in the Air picture....

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Today In Payments: European Banks Could Cut Business Trips By 50 Pct; Amazon Pilots Customer Engagement Platform For Brands
Today In Payments: European Banks Could Cut Business Trips By 50 Pct; Amazon Pilots Customer...
April 26, 2021  |  News

In today’s top news, some of Europe’s biggest banks could cut business trips by 50 percent, and Amazon is testing a new merchant-enabled, email-driven customer...

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Cashless Norway Explores Central Bank Digital Currency
Cashless Norway Explores Central Bank Digital Currency
April 22, 2021  |  Cryptocurrency

Is Norway, the most cashless society on the planet, ready for a central bank digital currency (CBDC)? The head of the country’s central bank is...

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China May Take Digital Yuan For Test Run In 2022 Beijing Olympics
China May Take Digital Yuan For Test Run In 2022 Beijing Olympics
April 19, 2021  |  Cryptocurrency

China launched a digital yuan trial last year in cities including Suzhou, Shenzhen, Chengdu and Xiong’an. Now, China may trot out the central bank digital...

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UK Taskforce To Examine Design, Launch Of Digital Pound 
UK Taskforce To Examine Design, Launch Of Digital Pound 
April 19, 2021  |  International

The Bank of England is setting up a task force focused on exploring the design and launch of a digital version of the pound. As...

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Citi: CBDCs Will Be Part Of ‘Digital Money 2.0’
Citi: CBDCs Will Be Part Of ‘Digital Money 2.0’
April 16, 2021  |  Cryptocurrency

      We may be on the cusp of a new age in digital money. In a report titled “Future of Money: Crypto, CBDCs...

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Swedish Central Bank: CBDC Needs More Testing On Scale, Data Privacy 
Swedish Central Bank: CBDC Needs More Testing On Scale, Data Privacy 
April 07, 2021  |  Cryptocurrency

Perhaps the key takeaway of the testing is that … more testing is in order. The Swedish central bank (Riksbank) said it had conducted the...

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