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A critical eye on Digital Euro

27 Oct 2023 5 minute read 3 comments Feax21

Introduction On 25th and 26th October 2023 the European Board of Directors of ECB (European Central Bank) under the leadership of Christine Lagarde organised a meeting hosted by the Governor of the Greek Central Bank in Athens, Greece to discuss and...

This is why people don't trust banking - And why crypto is an alternative to CASH, not banking

30 Sep 2023 1 minute read 0 comments LeftFooted

I woke up this morning to an unexpected charge on my (the irony) crypto.com card. It's from Audible, which is by far the worst-run of all Amazon subsidiaries, and I got charged for my subscription... which I have no access to, because I've already c...

Time for Soramitsu?

26 Sep 2023 1 minute read 0 comments Vladan Lausevic

Hey, crypto-people!  One recent news from Japan is about a blockchain company called Soramitsu. It has partly become more famous by assisting the government of Cambodia and its central bank to make a "quasi-digital currency" called Bakon...

Partisan Divide: House Financial Services Committee Vote on Anti-CBDC Bill

26 Sep 2023 4 minute read 2 comments ZeroRequiem

In a significant development on Capitol Hill, U.S. Representative Tom Emmer celebrated the passage of his groundbreaking Anti-CBDC bill. This legislation, a key milestone in the ongoing debate over central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), is designed...

KOY Network and the issuance of electronic national currencies.

22 Sep 2023 1 minute read 0 comments Brenda Mo. Angwenyi

Blockchain is a distributed, decentralized digital ledger technology that stores transaction records in blocks linked together to form a chain. The KOY Network is a financial industry service provider based on blockchain technology. Blockchain stores...

Citibank moved Institutional accounts to new Token

20 Sep 2023 1 minute read 1 comment Keith Thuerk

Citibank moved Institutional accounts to new Token The road to CBDC is being paved as cars are driving behind the paving machine. Odd analogy, I agree, but I want you to visualize how quickly the US is rolling out the CBDC system.  Most will not even...

The Surveillance Showdown: Anti-CBDC Bill Introduced into Congress

14 Sep 2023 3 minute read 19 comments ZeroRequiem

Step into the world where politics and cryptocurrency collide as Republican House Majority Whip Tom Emmer reintroduces the CBDC Anti-Surveillance State Act. This legislative move aims to safeguard Americans' financial privacy by thwarting the potenti...

What are Ripple (XRP) Destination and Source Tags and Why are They Required by Some Exchanges?

12 Sep 2023 2 minute read 0 comments Great White Snark

For some reason or other that I can't remember, I ended up with ~17.99 Ripple (XRP) sitting in one of my multi-crypto wallets. Perhaps a friend sent it to me; I don't recall. Not being a fan of Ripple Labs (the project has made statements about havin...

Cryptocurrencies and the institutional powers of central banks - My current work in progress

9 Sep 2023 1 minute read 0 comments Vladan Lausevic

Dear all Publish0xers :)  I have written a policy paper for African Institute for Decentralised Finance and Blockchain (AIDBLOCK) regarding cryptocurrencies and international financial institutions such as the IMF, BiS, and G20.  At the moment, I am...

CHINA'S ULTIMATE AIM OF CBDC ENFORCEMENT ON BUSINESSES WHILST CASH IS KING IN CANADA OVER CBDC ADOPTION

8 Sep 2023 1 minute read 0 comments YPtK7

Among the earliest nations to take interest in CBDC, China was included among the number, which is not surprising. But amidst the Bank of Canada's announcement to leave interest rates at 5%, according to Cointelegraph, a Bank of Canada new paper rele...