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Central Bank News

A central bank is the main entity responsible for a region’s money system. Some of the world’s prominent central banks include the eurozone’s European Central Bank, the United States Federal Reserve, the Bank of Japan, the Bank of England, the Reserve Bank of India and the People’s Bank of China. Central banks supervise a number of economic aspects regarding their respective regions, including money supply management.

A central bank digital currency, or CBDC, serves as a digital form of a region’s currency. A CBDC could possibly be called a central bank cryptocurrency, although because a CBCD is essentially a digital form of fiat currency, such assets are not decentralized and are not the same as the crypto assets native to the cryptocurrency industry.

Well-respected University of California Professor Barry Eichengreen has claimed that he favors the use of central bank-issued virtual currencies over decentrali...
Californian Professor Prefers Central Bank-Backed Digital Currencies Over Decentralized Cryptocurrencies
Lisa Froelings
2017-11-02T19:05:00+00:00
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Central Bank of Swaziland (CBS) Governor Majozi Sithole has issued an optimistic statement about the digital currencies.
Cryptocurrencies Should Not Be Taken For Granted, Central Bank of Swaziland Governor
Lisa Froelings
2017-11-02T16:15:00+00:00
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Regulations
United Arab Emirates (UAE) Central Bank Governor Mubarak Rashid al-Mansouri has issued a warning to the public against the use of virtual currencies as a medium...
UAE Central Bank Governor Warns Against Use of Cryptocurrencies as a Medium of Payment
Lisa Froelings
2017-10-30T08:40:00+00:00
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Regulations
Indonesia-based Bitcoin payment platforms TokoBitcoin and BitBayar have reportedly shut down their operations.
TokoBitcoin, BitBayar Shut Down Operations After Bank of Indonesia’s Bitcoin Ban
Lisa Froelings
2017-10-27T08:50:00+01:00
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Regulations
The Indonesian Central Bank ordered a ban on the use of Bitcoin as a method of payment.
Indonesian Central Bank Continues Campaign Against Cryptocurrencies, Bans Bitcoin as Method of Payment
Lisa Froelings
2017-10-27T07:25:00+01:00
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Adoption
Royal Bank of Canada CEO: Bitcoin is not a fraud, but it facilitates crime
FUD for Bitcoin, Praise for Blockchain: Royal Bank of Canada CEO on Crypto
Darryn Pollock
2017-10-24T12:15:00+01:00
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Bitcoin accomplishes what central bankers cannot: a stable and powerful economic system. It’s no wonder they hate digital currency.
Clueless Central Bankers Regard Bitcoin With Envy, Hatred
Daniel Duarte
2017-10-21T01:05:00+01:00
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Brazilian central bank Banco Central do Brazil President Ilan Goldfajn has compared the leading cryptocurrency Bitcoin to a pyramid scheme.
Brazilian Central Bank President Says Bitcoin is Pyramid Scheme
Joshua Althauser
2017-10-19T07:45:00+01:00
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