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Policy

Crypto Remains a Threat: ECB Chief Christine Lagarde

Crypto service providers are accomplices to circumventing Russia sanctions, Lagarde said during an appearance at the Bank for International Settlements’ Innovation Summit on Tuesday.

ECB President Christine Lagarde (Alex Kraus/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Policy

Cross-Border CBDC Payments Are 'Viable,' Says Report From Central Banks of Australia, Malaysia, Singapore and South Africa

The four central banks are working on a project that will develop and test shared platforms for international settlements with multiple CBDCs.

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Policy

China’s Digital Yuan Targeted in New Bill From 9 GOP Senators

The Say No to the Silk Road Act stems from not only the well-known privacy concerns around the Chinese CBDC, but also from worries it could be a tool to evade sanctions.

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Opinion

Executing on Biden's Crypto Executive Order

Coordinating a "whole-of-government" approach will be difficult.

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Policy

ECB’s Lagarde Supports Acceleration of Digital Euro Work

Concerns over crypto’s role in evading sanctions have prompted regulators worldwide to speed up efforts in the sector.

European Central Bank (ECB) President Christine Lagarde (Ronald Wittek/Getty Images)

Policy

Biden’s Executive Order Calls for ‘Highest Urgency’ on CBDC Research and Development

The president has called on the Treasury Department to spearhead a series of reports looking into CBDC technologies and how to implement them – ”if doing so is deemed to be in the national interest.”

WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 06: U.S. President Joe Biden speaks during a press conference in the State Dining Room at the White House on November 6, 2021 in Washington, DC. The President is speaking after his Infrastructure bill was finally passed in the House of Representatives after negotiations with lawmakers on Capitol Hill went late into the night. (Photo by Samuel Corum/Getty Images)

Videos

Coinbase Blocks Russian Addresses; Philippines Plans CBDC

Coinbase blocks 25,000 Russian wallet addresses. Hong Kong’s iconic Star Ferry recreated in the metaverse. The Philippines joins a growing band of countries planning a CBDC. We’ll have more on those stories and other news shaping the cryptocurrency and blockchain world  in this episode of “The Daily Forkast.”

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Global Sanctions Against Russia Opened a New Door for China’s Digital Yuan?

Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research Senior Fellow Darrell Duffie joins “First Mover” to discuss new research from the Hoover Institute regarding China’s digital yuan and the geopolitical implications of central bank digital currencies (CDBCs).

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Global Sanctions Against Russia Opened a New Door for China’s Digital Yuan?

Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research Senior Fellow Darrell Duffie joins “First Mover” to discuss new research from the Hoover Institute regarding China’s digital yuan and the geopolitical implications of central bank digital currencies (CDBCs). Duffle examines the e-CNY’s ability to offer Russia a means to evade economic sanctions and the possibility of a digital dollar in the United States, as well as a conversation on stablecoins. 

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Finance

Central Bank of Brazil Selects Partners to Assist With CBDC

The bank wants to evaluate use cases for a digital real and its technological feasibility.

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