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Fully integrating a stablecoin or central bank digital currency into the economy would destabilize banks but improve household welfare, a study released by a United States Treasury division has claimed. The harm to banking caused by digital currencies could be “significant” in times of stress, it found.The Office of Financial
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"The federal government has no authority to unilaterally establish a central bank currency," Cruz said in a press release. "This bill goes a long way in making sure big government doesn’t attempt to centralize or control cryptocurrency and instead, allows it to thrive in the United States." Source
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While the Nigerian legislative body is optimistic about the country’s adoption of eNaira, there is still significant work to be done to enhance the digital infrastructure for financial practices in the country. Nigeria is witnessing an increasing adoption of its Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) as the country’s fiat money scarcity
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Nearly 18 months after launching its in-house central bank digital currency (CBDC), eNaira, Nigeria witnessed its massive adoption as national fiat reverses face severe shortages. The acute cash shortage in Nigeria was due to the central bank’s decision to replace older bank notes with bigger denominations amid rising inflation. While developing
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Republican Senator Ted Cruz has introduced a bill to block the United States Federal Reserve from launching a “direct-to-consumer” central bank digital currency (CBDC).In a March 21 statement, Cruz said he introduced the bill to prevent the Fed from developing a retail CBDC “which could be used as a financial
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A central bank digital currency (CBDC) can impact monetary policy by increasing money velocity, disintermediation, volatility of bank reserves, currency substitution and altered capital flows, even when it is not designed to do so, according to a study published by the International Monetary Fund. The unintended impact of a CBDC
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Ron DeSantis, the Governor of Florida expected by many to throw his hat into the ring for the 2024 United States presidential race, has called for a ban on a digital dollar.Standing in front of a podium bearing the line “Big Brother’s Digital Dollar” at a March 20 press conference, DeSantis
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The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and the Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates announced on March 15 that they had signed a memorandum of understanding on collaboration and innovation in financial services.The parties will particularly concentrate on central bank digital currency interoperability and will develop a proof-of-concept and
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By issuing a CBDC, the UAE hoped to address its cross-border payment challenges and ‘drive innovation for domestic payments’. India and the United Arab Emirates have agreed to collaborate on an interoperable CBDC. This will facilitate cross-border remittances and sales transactions. The collaboration could lead to other such partnerships between countries
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