As part of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)’s digital currency charm offensive, Folashodun Shonubi, the institution’s deputy governor, has claimed that the country’s upcoming
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BIS Asks Central Banks to Urgently Develop CBDCs to Compete With Crypto Assets
The head of the Bank of International Settlements (BIS) Innovation Hub, Benoît Cœuré, has urged central banks to act now on central bank digital currencies
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Crypto Mining Should Be Registered and Taxed in Russia, Financial Market Committee Chair Says
Cryptocurrency mining should be registered as entrepreneurial activity and taxed as such, according to Anatoly Aksakov, chairman of Russia’s parliamentary Financial Market Committee. The lawmaker
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CBDCs could lead to ‘deeply negative interest rates’: Wall Street Journal
Issuing CBDCs may give a central bank more power over interest rate adjustments according to a new report.
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Here’s why Algorand’s price just rallied to a new multi-year high
Institutional investment, new governance features and a groundbreaking project with the government of El Salvador are just a few of the factors behind ALGO’s rally
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As Bitcoin debuts in El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala study CBDCs
Honduras and Guatemala are studying central bank digital currencies and the value they could bring to their respective monetary systems.
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