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
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
Bank of Russia Official: Still Too Early to Gauge Blockchain’s Potential A senior official at Russia’s central bank has said blockchain technology is immature but may have industrial-scale applications.… Read More
Fed Governor Says ‘No Compelling Need’ for US Central Bank Crypto Fed governor Lael Brainard has said that cryptocurrencies do not pose a threat, and there is “no compelling need” for a Fed-issued digital currency.… Read More
R3 Researcher: Central Bank Blockchain Could Go Live In 2018 South Korea’s first major blockchain conference saw discussion of the possibility of a central bank cryptocurrency Wednesday.… Read More
Taiwan Central Bank Proposes Money Laundering Rules for Bitcoin The Central Bank of Taiwan is eyeing new rules that would bring bitcoin under the island’s existing anti-money laundering regulations.… Read More
China’s Central Bank Eyes Crypto as Possible Yuan Risk The People’s Bank of China says cryptocurrencies will be a top priority for the agency this year, in an effort to protect the national currency.… Read More
State Digital Currency Still On Agenda, Says China Blockchain Research Lead China is still in the process of developing a state digital currency, the chief of a government-funded blockchain research center has said.… Read More
Blockchain Remittances Face Efficiency Hurdle, Says Taiwan Central Bank A trialed blockchain system for interbank clearance was not as efficient as the current centralized system, says a central bank report.… Read More