Category: Government
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Brazil is prepping an IPO for its state-run digital bank
Brazilian Minister defends IPO of federal digital bank created to aid population during pandemic
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Pomp says US digital dollar needs to happen now
The U.S. doesn’t mind coming a bit late to the CBDC party, but is that the wrong approach?
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Private Vs. State-run digital currencies: which could replace the dollar?
Author David Birch says a number of digital assets will arise to challenge the dollar as the dominant world currency.
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Swiss gov’t starts consultation process for blockchain laws
The Swiss government will enforce new blockchain laws in less than a year.
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95% of winners in China’s CBDC lottery spent digital yuan prizes
Some winners purchased additional digital yuan during the pilot.
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95% of winners in China’s CBDC lottery spent digital yuan prizes
Some winners purchased additional digital yuan during the pilot.
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Cryptocurrency Is Just a Minor Threat to the State
States still have the armies, the police and – on a good day anyway – democratic legitimacy. All of that still matters, and will for a long time.
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Bitcoin genesis block is the ‘New Testament’ of finance
No need to suffer from centralized systems since the world has been offered its greatest weapon against it: cryptocurrency.
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Law Decoded: The rivalry between central banks and global stablecoins, Oct. 9–16
Talk of CBDCs and Facebook’s Libra headlined this week’s policy news, as international organizations weigh in on both.
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Germany’s blockchain solution hopes to remedy energy sector limitations
Germany’s blockchain solution for distributed energy resources puts interoperability to the test.