Brazil’s Central Bank Plans Blockchain Data Exchange for Regulators Banco Central do Brasil is building a blockchain platform to ensure the authenticity of data exchanged between financial authorities.… Read More
Central Banks Will Jump-Start the Decentralization of Money While the thought may disappoint cypherpunks, the first step of a transition toward a true “money of the people” will be implemented by central banks.… Read More
Bank of Korea: Central Bank Cryptocurrencies Pose ‘Moral Hazard’ South Korea’s central bank has announced that it does not plan to launch its own digital currency over fears it could destabilize the economy.… Read More
Bank of International Settlements to Publish New Crypto Research The Bank of International Settlements intends to publish two cryptocurrency-focused chapters of its annual report this weekend.… Read More
The EU Wants to Hear Your Questions About Blockchain The EU Blockchain Observatory and Forum is hosting a live AMA session to let the general public ask any questions they have about blockchain.… Read More
Thailand Trials Central Bank Digital Currency for Interbank Settlement Thailand’s central bank is examining how a blockchain-based digital currency could make interbank settlement both faster and cheaper.… Read More
South Africa’s Central Bank Claims Success in Blockchain Payment Trial South Africa Reserve Bank indicates that tests of a blockchain-based system for interbank clearance and settlement produced astonishing results.… Read More
China Has Built a Blockchain System That Could Replace Paper Checks China’s central bank has completed a blockchain-based system that digitizes checks in a move to counter fraud in the country.… Read More
Public or Private? Blockchain Distinctions Are Falling Out of Fashion “Convergence” means different things to different people in the blockchain space. But it’s a word that’s cropping up again and again.… Read More
Hong Kong Official Rules Out Plan for Central Bank Digital Currency Hong Kong’s de facto central bank has no plan to issue a central bank digital currency (CBDC), a government official said on Wednesday.… Read More