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Emerging central bank digital currency (CBDC) cross-border transaction technology could transform the global economy by providing faster, cheaper and safer services for many of its players. But banks may not fare as well in that new economy, Moody’s Investor Service said in a report dated March 21.Many proposals for
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Recent turmoil in the traditional banking sector, culminating in USD Coin (USDC) losing its peg, could negatively affect stablecoin adoption and potentially increase calls for regulation, argued credit rating agency Moody’s Investors Service. In its latest “Sector Comment” report published on March 16, Moody’s says fiat-backed stablecoins could face new resistance
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After the failure of three major U.S. banks last week, with two of them being the second and third largest banking failures in the country, Moody’s Investors Service has downgraded the rating of the U.S. banking system from “stable” to “negative.” As one of the “Big Three” credit rating firms,
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Moody’s also put the ratings of six other banks in the US under review. Ratings agency Moody’s has downgraded the debt ratings of recently collapsed Signature Bank (NASDAQ: SBNY) to junk amid the happenings in the US banking sector. Signature Bank began to lose its shares following the demise of
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The persistent scarcity of foreign exchange may force the Nigerian central bank to delay repaying the $10.4 billion owed to local banks, analysts at Moody’s Investors Service have concluded. The central bank’s failure to pay its debts on time will likely force the affected financial institutions to similarly delay paying
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Recent charges brought against Mango Markets exploiter Avraham Eisenberg will have a positive impact on the decentralized finance (DeFi) space, according to credit rating firm Moody’s. In a Jan. 31 note from Moody’s Investor Service, AVP of decentralized finance Cristiano Ventricelli stated that enforcement actions brought by the two leading
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With the proposed Moody’s stablecoin scoring system, the shift to the stablecoin regulations can be fast-tracked.Moody’s, the credit rating arm of Moody’s Corp (NYSE: MCO) is developing a new stablecoin scoring system that will see it classify as many as 20 stablecoins in the digital currency ecosystem. According to a
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Credit rating firm Moody's is allegedly developing a scoring system for stablecoins, with analysis for up to 20 digital assets, Bloomberg reported on Jan. 26, citing unnamed sources. The system, which appears to be in the early stages of development, will evaluate and rate the quality of the attestations of stablecoin reserves,
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The move comes as the quality of stablecoin reserves continues to receive scrutiny. Original Source
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Shares of Coinbase dropped 86% in 2022, partly because trading volume for cryptocurrencies, which continues to be Coinbase’s main revenue stream, slowed after crypto prices dropped sharply during the year, and crypto firms including Three Arrows Capital, Celsius Network and FTX collapsed. Source
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