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Central Banks Have No Interest in Personal Data, BIS Official Says While Promoting CBDC Innovation

When considering the design of a CBDC, people will also have to grapple with difficult questions on choice, inclusion and stability, Skingsley said. But "innovation usually takes us to new places and opens up possibilities that were not there until a new technological breakthrough has happened," she added. Source

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Coinbase (COIN) Stock Soars to 18-Month High as Investors Crypto Interest Grows despite Binance Legal Issues

COIN is presently trading at $119 after closing at $115 on November 27, which is the highest close since May 2022. The price now has minimal resistance ahead as it is moving toward $130, the May 2022 high. Major cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase Global Inc (NASDAQ: COIN) has seen its stock price

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Federal Reserve Likely to Cut Interest Rates the Most Among Central Banks Next Year, Research Shows

A weaker dollar often becomes a tailwind to risk assets, including bitcoin, as occurred in the second half of 2020 and early 2021. The greenback is a global reserve currency, playing an outsized role in global trade and non-bank borrowing. When the dollar strengthens, it causes financial tightening worldwide, disincentivizing

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Record $15B of Open Interest in Bitcoin Options on Crypto Exchange Deribit

At press time, notional options open interest had dropped back to $13.8 billion. In contract terms, open interest stood at over 376,000 BTC, nearly double the October 2021 tally, but well short of the record 433,540 BTC of March this year. On Deribit, one options contract represents one bitcoin. Source

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Blockchain.com Closes $110M Funding as Investors Show Renewed Interest in Cryptocurrency

A number of reputable investors participated in the Series E funding round, among them there were Lakestar, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Coinbase Ventures, and Baillie Gifford. Blockchain.com, a leading cryptocurrency exchange and wallet provider, recently raised $110 million in a Series E equity financing round that was led by UK-based Kingsway Capital. The

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Major Bank Predicts Significant Interest Rate Cuts – Blockchain News, Opinion, TV and Jobs

Strategists at UBS Investment Bank are forecasting massive interest rate cuts by the U.S. central bank, and this is seen as bullish for Bitcoin. The decreasing inflation, according to UBS, makes it possible for the U.S. central bank (Federal Reserve) to begin reducing interest rates as early as March. This

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