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Stablecoins present as many conundrums as they do potential benefits and policymakers would be wise to envision far-sighted regulatory regimes that will meet the challenge. The policies adopted today will mold the world of tomorrow.
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America’s unbanked need payments services. How to serve them? New products like postal banking, CBDC, or FedAccounts are one option. But good ol’ fashioned prepaid debit cards (ie Walmart’s MoneyCard) are still the best bet.
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Chile’s central bank governor, Mario Marcel, says central bank digital currencies (CBDC) can provide additional flexibility at a time of unconventional monetary policies.
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Privacy coins such as Monero, Zcash and Dash are making it harder for exchanges and custodians to comply with new FATF guidelines. Some exchanges are finding it easier to delist the coins rather than figure out how to adhere to the additional risk management requirements.
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VanEck and SolidX have withdrawn their request to the SEC for a rule change that would have allowed the Cboe BZX Exchange to list retail shares issued by the VanEck SolidX Bitcoin Trust.
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North Korea is in the early stages of developing its own cryptocurrency. The goal is to avoid international sanctions and circumvent the U.S.-dominated global financial system.
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SpaceChain isn’t the first blockchain project seeking to go extra-terrestrial — far from it. There have been a whole host of projects competing to advance blockchain in space, like Nexus, BitSpace, Spacebit, to name but a few.tags: Fintech Blockchain
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“The sophistication that blockchain technology and smart contracts bring will lead to huge operational cost savings and the opening of new untapped markets.”