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OpenAI CEO Praises Bitcoin but Raises Concerns about CBDCs
The use of Bitcoin as a global currency is a ‘super logical and important’ step that can reduce corruption, according to OpenAI boss Sam...
Ethereum Co-Founder Vitalik Buterin Says Time to Build, Voices Concerns Over CBDCs
In a recent interview with CNBC, Vitalik Buterin, co-founder of Ethereum, spoke about privacy and the future of the Ethereum network. Buteri...
US Anti-CBDC Bill Passes Through House Financial Services Committee Along Party Lines
US legislators in the House Financial Services Committee have voted in favor of a proposed law that aims to stop the Federal Reserve from is...
CBDC Anti-Surveillance Bill Passes House Committee Despite Push Back From Democrats
The House Financial Services Committee (HFSC) passed the CBDC Anti-Surveillance State Act on Wednesday, readying the legislation for a futur...
Controversial Anti-CBDC Bill Gains Momentum in United States
The US Congress met Wednesday to rule on several national security issues in a heated exchange between Democrats and Republicans in the Hous...
China Rolls Out CBDCs for Public Transport
China’s central bank digital currency, the e-CNY, is now being piloted in several cities for use in public transport and schooling. Ex...
Australian Central Bank Goes Public With CBDC Trial
Last year, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) pronounced that it “saw no strong case” for a retail central bank digital currenc...
Reserve Bank of Australia Chief: Private Stablecoins May Be Better Than CBDCs
In a recent panel discussion of the G20 finance officials meeting in Indonesia, Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) governor Philip Lowe signall...
Sri Lanka Reiterates Crypto Warning as President Flees Amid Civil Uprising
Sri Lanka is in the throes of mass protests over an economic crisis that this week saw its President, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, flee the country o...
Ripple Pushes for Dominance on XRP Ledger, Launches ‘Innovation Challenge’
Ripple, the company behind the cryptocurrency XRP and the XRP Ledger (XRPL), has launched an innovation challenge to encourage the developme...
European Central Bank Claims Fixed Supply for its CBDC: 1.5 Trillion Euros
The European Central Bank’s executive board member Fabio Panetta has announced that the ECB will limit the digital euro to a maximum suppl...
90% of Central Banks are Exploring CBDCs: BIS Report
A survey by the Bank For International Settlements (BIS) has found that nine out of 10 of the central banks surveyed are exploring central b...