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Citi, HSBC, NY Fed’s Innovation Group See Merit in Digital Ledgers for Global Payments

Fitting somewhere in the middle of the debate between central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) and private stablecoins, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s New York Innovation Center (NYIC), which has collaborated on the project since last year, concluded that “the network has the potential to deliver improvements in the

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Ripple CTO debunks claims on XRP Ledger’s governance

Share Share on Twitter Share on LinkedIn Share on Telegram Copy Link Link copied David Schwartz, XRPL architect, and current Ripple CTO, has revealed new information on the XRP Ledger’s governance, emphasizing its decentralized nature. XRPL’s decentralization questioned A recent claim surfaced during the debate on the XRP Ledger decentralization, bringing concerns

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Tether flees from banks, Ledger’s backdoor for seed phrases and more

Banks want to reduce exposure to crypto businesses, just as crypto businesses are seeking to reduce exposure to the ongoing banking crisis. Tether’s latest audit report shows that the stablecoin issuer withdrew over $4.5 billion from banks in the first quarter to reduce counterparty risk following Circle’s troubles during the

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Crypto Wallet Maker Ledger’s Communication Blunder Shows Being Right Isn’t Good Enough

The offending comment seems to simultaneously affirm all of the worst fears being floated – and also belittle the worriers for not catching on sooner. Regardless of intent, both “technically speaking” and “whether you knew it or not” will be heard as condescending, even dismissive. “Yes we can do the

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IBM and Australian Stock Market’s Blockchain Projects Failed, a Blow to Private Ledgers

The enterprise blockchain space, which doesn’t seem to experience the same bullish and bearish market cycles as public crypto, is now feeling a change in the broader economic climate, particularly in areas like shipping; this is one of the reasons TradeLens is closing shop, according to Lars Jensen, CEO of

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Regulate Ledgers and Not Individual Crypto Providers, BIS Study Says

That hits the nub of why regulators and the crypto world are often in such conflict. Traditional financial regulations are focused on institutions such as banks, and it isn’t easy to shoehorn blockchain payments or smart contracts into that model. In practice, regulators tend to look for intermediaries on to

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