A central bank discussion paper found that the majority of Canadians have little trouble accessing financial services, which gives them little reason to use a
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Digital Dollar Project completes CBDC retail remittance pilot with Western Union
The project simulated transfers to customers of BDO Unibank in the Philippines with improved settlement time, cost and transparency.
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Ron DeSantis vows to ban CDBCs in the US if elected president
Speaking at the Family Leadership Summit on July 14, DeSantis promised to ban CBDCs in the United States if he is elected president.
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Coinbase Introduces 4% USDC Rewards Amidst SEC Dispute
On June 15, the San Francisco-based cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase announced that customers can now earn 4% rewards on the stablecoin USDC. The news follows Coinbase’s
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Privacy should be considered in ‘potential retail CBDC’ — Treasury official
U.S. Treasury official Graham Steele told an audience at a Texas payments conference that a future CBDC in America should consider anonymity.
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US Lawmakers Introduce Bill to Halt Federal Reserve’s Digital Dollar Testing, Citing Concerns for American Liberties
U.S. lawmakers have introduced a bill to prohibit the Federal Reserve from “establishing, carrying out, or approving a program intended to test the practicability of
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