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A group of economists evaluating the potential effects of a digital euro have insisted that restricting access to the upcoming currency is necessary to preserve the current financial system. Their study follows an earlier proposal to limit digital euro deposits at the European Central Bank (ECB) to €3,000 per person. Limited
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If left unchecked, a digital euro could prove too popular, the authors warned. “Under no quantity limits and no remuneration, the amount of CBDC in circulation would be larger (i.e., of roughly 65% of quarterly real GDP) and the steady state effects on banks’ valuations and lending would be comparatively
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A drop in bitcoin prices came as electric carmaker Tesla said in an earnings report on Wednesday that it sold $936 million worth of bitcoin, or 75% of its holdings, in the second quarter. CEO Elon Musk cited “the uncertainty of the COVID lockdowns in China” as a crucial reason
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Bitcoin, the leading cryptocurrency by market value, has held steady around $22,700 since the ECB announced a bigger-than-expected rate hike at 12:15 UTC. Euro, the common currency of 19 out of 27 European Union nations, jumped 0.7% from $1.0198 to $1.0250. Original Source
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The central bank is likely to signal an exit from negative interest rate policy. That won't dent the appeal of investing in fiat alternatives like cryptocurrencies, one observer said. Source
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The European Central Bank, or ECB, will reportedly be preparing to implement a new law by warning European Union member states about the necessity of harmonizing regulations for crypto.According to a Sunday report from the Financial Times, the ECB was concerned about possible regulatory overlap between respective central banks in
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Bitcoin (BTC) held steady at just above $20,000 after the June 29 Wall Street open as Europe's chief banker admitted the world would "never" return to low inflation.BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingViewLagarde on inflation: "I don't think we're ever going back"Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC/USD
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A digital euro, if issued, would be capped at 1.5 trillion euros (US$1.6 trillion), Panetta told the committee. A concern with CBDCs is that consumers might keep all their money in the digital format, in effect depositing their entire savings with the central bank and starving consumer banks of the
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“Concerns around a sharp tightening of monetary policy are weighing on financial markets and are trickling down into cryptocurrencies through their influence on large institutional investors,” Alex Kuptsikevich, an FxPro senior market analyst, said in an email to CryptoX. “It is not surprising that bitcoin and ether are dragging the
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