neither pure stablecoin nor CBDC direct to the end user

The IMF rules out issuing CBDC directly to the end user in its preferred model. The document warns that private stablecoins are vulnerable to runs due to loss of trust The International Monetary Fund published a technical note on April 1 in which it discards the two extremes of the debate on digital money and … Read more

The threat to banks comes in the form of stablecoins, says the ECB

Stablecoins pose a particular risk to banking businesses, it is alleged in Europe. The digital euro is presented as a tool that allows banks to compete. In an article published this Friday on the blog of the European Central Bank (ECB), directors Piero Cipollone (member of the Executive Board) and Frank Elderson (vice president of … Read more

While EE. UU. Prohibits CBDC, more than 100 countries bet on their implementation

Within the framework of the executive order signed by President Donald Trump, on January 23, the explicit prohibition of the United States issues a Central Bank digital currency (CBDC). It is a prohibition that occurs in a context in which the number of countries has been growing that develop this type of currencies. As cryptootics … Read more

Why do CBDC wake up love and hate at the same time?

From bartering to the birth of Bitcoin (BTC), money has been a faithful reflection of the values, needs and structures of the societies that create it. However, with the arrival of the Central Bank digital currencies (CBDC), the world faces a historical crossroads: while citizens value, more and more, privacy and individual freedom as fundamental … Read more

Trump turns a week as president: What did Bitcoin do?

This Monday is exactly a week since Donald Trump assumed the position as president of the United States, in which different policies and guidelines of a government have emerged that promises to get rid of what was left by the previous administration. In a matter of 7 days, Trump signed executive orders covering different topics, … Read more

Why did Donald Trump ban the CBDC?

Last week in the United States, President Donald Trump made history by signing the first executive order related to digital assets in that country, where he established the prohibition of digital currencies of Central Bank (CBDC). As Cryptonotics reported, the 78 -year -old president expressed his rubric in the executive order “Strengthening of US leadership … Read more

Bitcoin community celebrates prohibition of CBDC in the United States

“The banks were going to abuse this to freeze your money,” says DC Draino supporting the ban. Europe has responded to the United States advancing in its support for CBDC. The prohibition of the development of a Central Bank (CBDC) currency in the United States, made by President Donald Trump in his first week of … Read more

The prohibition of CBDC … does Ripple/XRP technology obsolete?

Ripple will not have the dollar, world reserve currency, in its CBDCS network. CBDC are not dead: Europe still believes in them. Yesterday, January 23, an executive order of the president of the United States announced the complete prohibition of the CBDC and the immediate termination of all the activities already initiated related to them. … Read more

Europe responds to US CBDC ban: “we need a digital euro”

In the midst of the boom that has emerged after President Donald Trump signed an executive order that, among other things, prohibits the development of a central bank digital currency (CBDC) in the United States, the European Union (EU) responded to the new president, emphasizing the “need” for a digital euro. A member of the … Read more

The prohibition of CBDC … does Ripple/XRP technology obsolete?

Ripple will not have the dollar, world reserve currency, in its CBDCS network. CBDC are not dead: Europe still believes in them. Yesterday, January 23, an executive order of the president of the United States announced the complete prohibition of the CBDC and the immediate termination of all the activities already initiated related to them. … Read more