digital currency

Digital currency is a type of currency available in digital form. It exhibits properties similar to physical currencies, but can allow for instantaneous transactions and borderless transfer-of-ownership. Examples include virtual currencies, cryptocurrencies, and central bank digital currency.

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China’s Central Bank Moves Closer To Digital Coin Launch
China’s Central Bank Moves Closer To Digital Coin Launch
January 10, 2020  |  Cryptocurrency

China’s central bank, the People’s Bank of China (PBOC), said it has completed the “top-level” design of its proposed digital currency, according to reports. The...

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Libra Chair Says Bitcoin Is Not A Payment System
Libra Chair Says Bitcoin Is Not A Payment System
January 08, 2020  |  Cryptocurrency

Dante Disparte, vice chairman of the Libra Association, spoke at the Digital Money Forum at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas on Tuesday...

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IMF Chief Economist: Crypto Won’t Supersede The Dollar
IMF Chief Economist: Crypto Won’t Supersede The Dollar
January 08, 2020  |  Cryptocurrency

Chief Economist Gita Gopinath of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said it’s unlikely that digital currency — or a “synthetic hegemonic currency,” which is a...

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Bitcoin Daily: Korean Commission Suggests Allowing FIs To Offer Crypto; China’s OneConnect Platform Supports New Blockchain Financing Product
Bitcoin Daily: Korean Commission Suggests Allowing FIs To Offer Crypto; China’s OneConnect Platform Supports New...
January 07, 2020  |  Bitcoin

China’s Guangdong province has launched a blockchain financing platform for small and medium-sized businesses, backed by OneConnect, a Chinese FinTech recently listed on the New...

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Signature Bank Links Prime Trust Clients To Real-Time Payments
Signature Bank Links Prime Trust Clients To Real-Time Payments
January 06, 2020  |  B2B Payments

Signature Bank and Prime Trust, two financial institutions with an emphasis on technology, are joining forces to enable real-time payments for institutional clients. In a...

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Central Bank Of Bahamas To Introduce Digital Currency
Central Bank Of Bahamas To Introduce Digital Currency
December 26, 2019  |  Digital Banking

The Central Bank of the Bahamas is planning to start a rollout of its new digital currency on Friday (Dec. 27) in Exuma. Called Project...

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Top News In Payments: Sensory, OEMS Team For Independence From The Cloud; PBOC Says Stablecoins Threaten Yuan
Top News In Payments: Sensory, OEMS Team For Independence From The Cloud; PBOC Says Stablecoins...
December 26, 2019  |  News

In today’s top news, Sensory released TrulyNatural, its speech recognition and natural-language-understanding platform for smart appliances, and China’s Central Bank says stablecoins threaten the yuan’s...

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China’s Central Bank Says Libra, Stablecoins A Threat To Yuan
China’s Central Bank Says Libra, Stablecoins A Threat To Yuan
December 24, 2019  |  Cryptocurrency

With the worldwide use of Facebook’s Libra, as well as other stable coins, the international development of China’s yuan could be hampered. Also, they could...

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Bitcoin Daily: The PIT Enables UK Faster Payments; Coinbase Chief Gets Patent For Emailing Bitcoin
Bitcoin Daily: The PIT Enables UK Faster Payments; Coinbase Chief Gets Patent For Emailing Bitcoin
December 20, 2019  |  Bitcoin

The PIT digital currency exchange of Blockchain.com is one of the few exchanges to turn on the U.K. Faster Payments Scheme, The Block reported. The...

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