This Post-Halving Bitcoin Era Will Be Unlike Any Other
Following the recent, third halving, Bitcoin (BTC) is now in its fourth block reward era. Leading up to the event, pundits launched into varied predictions...
Category : Central Bank
Bank of Lithuania Envisions Future Cross-Industry Blockchain Platform
The Bank of Lithuania (BoL) has revealed ambitious long-term plans to develop its blockchain platform for use beyond the financial services sector. On May 26,...
Master of Puppets: Bitcoin Cuts the Strings
Did you notice the song that Christian Bale’s character was jamming out to in his office when his partner came in to pull the money...
CBDC Threatens Hegemony of US Dollar
JPMorgan believes the central bank digital currencies, or CBDC, could pose a threat to the global hegemony of the US dollar. According to a report...
Bitcoin Will Create a New Economic Elite in 2020
As many economies slowly begin opening up again, their stability remains uncertain. 2020 will go down in the history books as the year financial markets...
Token Impersonates Chinese Digital Yuan as Official Launch Date Remains Unknown
With the official release date of digital yuan being kept in the dark, third-party actors have stepped in to impersonate the digital yuan officials, hoping...
Global Central Banking Think Tank Launches Digital Monetary Institute
The Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum (OMFIF), an independent global think tank for central banking and economic policy, announced the launch of its Digital...
Digital Currencies Could Threaten US Geopolitical Power, Warns JPMorgan
“There is no country with more to lose from the disruptive potential of digital currency than the United States.” So goes the stark warning from...
COVID-19 Is Changing the Way the World Sees Money
Technology has always been one of the main drivers that has boosted social changes. Of course, there have been other reasons: wars, natural cataclysms and...
Central Banks Uninterested in Digital Currency for Consumers, Says Visa Exec
Consumer-facing digital currency solutions will not be taken seriously by central banks, according to a Visa executive. Visa head of crypto Cuy Sheffield tweeted on...