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Bitcoin (BTC) may only be ten years old, but it is about to match half the lifespan of the average fiat currency — while actually increasing in value.Average fiat dies in 27 yearsAs Bitcoin statistician and commentator Willy Woo noted on Oct. 18, the largest cryptocurrency has been around
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Bank of Canada, the Canadian central bank, is exploring the possibility of launching a digital currency that would replace cash and track how people spend their money. The aim of the proposed currency would be to mitigate the “direct threat” posed by cryptocurrencies to the economic sovereignty of governments and central
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As reported earlier in the week by local news outlet BusinessCloud, Wales’ government is set to follow in the footsteps of Italy and replicate the Sardinian model (dubbed Sardex) of local digital currency and system for businesses. While we are yet awaiting the next step in the UK government’s Brexit
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Analysts at RBC Capital Markets have suggested that stifling Facebook’s Libra may leave the field open to China’s central bank digital currency (CBDC) to dominate in emerging economies.China shifts development of digital currency in extra gearOn Oct. 15, financial news outlet Markets Insider reported that RBC analysts believe that
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The president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, Patrick Harker, said on Wednesday that the U.S. shouldn’t be the first nation to launch its digital currency payment system and lead the pack of other central banks issuing state-sponsored cryptocurrency.Harker further said that the trend of the central banks around
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Two U.S. congressmen from both major political parties, French Hill (R-Ark.) and Bill Foster (D-Ill.), have written a letter to the Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, urging the central banking organization to start working on a ‘national digital currency’ in lieu of the various risks that the U.S. dollar faces.In
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Apple has no intention to follow Facebook in creating its own digital currency, the company’s CEO Tim Cook has said.Cook “not comfortable” about firms creating moneySpeaking in an interview with French media magazine Les Echos on Oct. 4, Tim Cook poured cold water on the idea that Apple could
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Patrick Harker, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, is confident that central bank digital currencies are inevitable.As Reuters reported on Oct. 2, Harker expressed the idea that central banks — including the Federal Reserve — will inevitably release digital currencies. Still, Harker believes that the United States should
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The Global Currency Organization (GCO) announced earlier this month that a US Dollar backed stablecoin, USD Digital (USDD), will be released soon. The US Dollars that back the digital currency are mainly stored in deposit-insurance accounts.The Global Currency Organization was started by former employees of TrustToken, Intel and JPMorgan. Since
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Members of the United States House of Representatives Financial Services Committee asked the Federal Reserve whether there are any plans of launching a U.S. dollar digital currency.Fed has the mandate to develop a national digital currencyIn a Sept. 30 letter to Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell, U.S. Representatives
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