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ForkLog 6 06.05.2021

Georgia to study the possibility of issuing a national digital currency

The National Bank of Georgia will consider issuing a digital lari.

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ForkLog 14 03.05.2021

Bitcoin symbol projected onto Bank of England and UK Parliament buildings

An unknown person projected the phrase 'Bitcoin fixes this' along with the symbol of the first cryptocurrency on the walls of the Bank of England and the UK Parliament.

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ForkLog 7 22.03.2021

BIS urges cooperation on CBDCs

Using CBDCs within a single system could address some of the problems associated with cross-border payments. This is stated in a BIS report.

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ForkLog 17 09.03.2021

Venezuela’s bank enables citizens to buy stablecoins

The Bank of Venezuela's partnership with the fintech startup Glufco will enable citizens to buy dollar-linked stablecoins through the state Biopago biometric payments system. Decrypt reports.

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ForkLog 10 01.03.2021

RBI weighs the pros and cons of a CBDC

The launch of a national digital currency (CBDC) could broaden access to financial services, but may undermine the role of lending institutions. This is according to a new RBI study.

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ForkLog 8 22.02.2021

Former Bank of England governor joins Stripe board

Mark Carney, who led the Bank of Canada and the Bank of England from 2008 to 2020, has joined Stripe's board.

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ForkLog 15 22.02.2021

Opinion: Governments could ‘crush’ Bitcoin

Governments will stoke inflation and start clamping down on gold and Bitcoin as competitors. This view was presented by investor Michael Burry, who predicted the collapse of the U.S. housing market.

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ForkLog 8 12.02.2021

Kyrgyz Central Bank to license cryptocurrency trading

The National Bank of Kyrgyzstan (NBKR) plans to license cryptocurrency exchange operators for the purchase and sale of digital assets. This was announced by NBKR chairman Tolkunbek Abdygulov, reported by Tazabek.

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ForkLog 11 11.02.2021

Christine Lagarde: Central banks unlikely to include Bitcoin in their reserves

ECB President Christine Lagarde doubted that central banks would include digital gold in their reserves in the near future, according to Business Insider.

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ForkLog 4 28.01.2021

Russian Analysts Create the First CBDC Navigator

Analytics company Mindsmith has launched the first open library of materials on central bank digital currencies (CBDCs).

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ForkLog 8 22.01.2021

BIS to create a payment platform for CBDCs

In 2021, the BIS Innovation Hub (BISIH) will begin piloting national digital currencies (CBDCs) around the world, according to the project roadmap.

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ForkLog 7 19.01.2021

Study finds 74% of central banks are interested in blockchain technology.

Semantic analysis of publications from 191 central banks identified interest in blockchain technology among 127 regulators (74%). By January 2021 they had mentioned it 4,408 times. This Mindsmith study reports.

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