ECB prepares to pick providers as digital euro enters next phase
The preparation phase of the digital euro will formally kick off on November 1 and is projected to last for two years—with a keen focus on finalizing the 'digital euro rulebook.'
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Yuval Harari and Craig Wright—a comparison regarding data
Once data enters Bitcoin, it becomes public; yes, we can encrypt it, but we keep track of it because Bitcoin transaction is publicly available, reducing fraud, corruption, and worse.
Fed chair says DeFi isn’t transparent enough
James Powell, backed by prominent financial regulators, highlights the need to enforce appropriate directives to deal with "issues" concerning DeFi before they snowball and create a big mess.
ECB head Christine Lagarde calls for regulation of staking and decentralized finance lending
While commending efforts made to regulate digital currencies in the EU's MiCA bill, the head of the European Central Bank argued that a follow-up framework focusing on the two aspects of the market is already needed.
ECB President Christine Lagarde slams digital currencies while backing CBDCs
Christine Lagarde remarked that digital currencies are highly speculative and very risky assets, but backed that the central bank will be behind the digital euro.
‘No guarantees’ on digital euro, ECB advisor says
Jürgen Schaaf said the test phase is still in trial for the technology and banks would experiment with digital currency to determine whether to roll out its central bank digital currency more widely.
80 central banks looking at digital currencies: Christine Lagarde
One of the world’s most powerful central bankers, the European Central Bank's Christine Lagarde, confirmed that she was aware of 80 central banks currently looking at digital currencies.
ECB chief: Digital euro could take 4 years
ECB President Christine Lagarde set out the intricate decision making process involved for the bank in a Bloomberg interview, in which she indicated it may be 2025 before any digital currency would be ready.
The CoinGeek Pulse Episode 28: Tim Berners-Lee wants to reinvent Web, ECB calls for BTC regulation, earn Bitcoin with Haste
This week, we look into the internet’s iconic personalities, the unending regulatory saga of BTC, and a new Bitcoin-powered mobile game that is reminiscent of the old but still gold “Flappy Bird.”
European Central Bank calls for greater regulation of BTC
Christine Lagarde said the digital currency was increasingly being used by criminals worldwide to cover their tracks online, and for laundering money beneath the detection of the authorities.
IMF chief: Blockchain disrupting financial markets already
Christine Lagarde already sees the financial sector reacting to blockchain technology, but she hopes the industry can embrace stability.
We’re from the International Monetary Fund, and we’re here to help
The fourteenth installment in a weekly column, A Power of Facing examines the International Monetary Fund’s continual warnings about the power of cryptocurrency.