The birth and rise of the Bitcoin cryptocurrency paved the way for several waves of innovation that are gradually shifting paradigms in the financial ecosystems.
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Digital Pound Foundation launches to promote CBDC development in the UK
The think tank wants to ensure the United Kingdom keeps pace with the developments in the emerging digital landscape.
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Edward Snowden Calls CBDCs ‘Cryptofascist Currency’ — ‘Closer to Being a Perversion of Cryptocurrency’
On October 9, whistleblower and privacy advocate Edward Snowden published an opinion editorial concerning central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) and claimed CBDCs are “the newest
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Laos partners with Soramitsu on CBDC research as regulated crypto mining begins
Soramitsu, the firm that helped build Cambodia’s Bakong digital payments system, will work with the Laos government to research what a Laotian CBDC might look
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CBDCs can cut cross border remittance costs by half: BIS report
A BIS report based on a multi-CBDC pilot also showed significant improvements in international remittance speed.
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