CBDC Insider: Wednesday June 01, 2022
Fireblocks, which claims to be the industry leader focused on digital asset and crypto technology, announced that it has appointed the former Head of Fintech at the Bank of England, Varun Paul, as its new Central Banking Digital Currency (CBDC) and Market Infrastructure Director...
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Finextra: Wednesday June 01, 2022
Digital asset firm Fireblocks has appointed the former head of fintech at the Bank of England, Varun Paul, as its new central banking digital currency (CBDC) and market infrastructure director.
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CBDC Insider: Tuesday May 17, 2022
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the U.K.s top financial market regulator, has issued another warning targeting digital assets. The body maintains that it does not have regulatory oversight over digital assets investments and hence cannot provide investor protection. While declining to mention specific offenders, the FCA stated that the reminder had been necessitated by a []
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CBDC Insider: Tuesday April 12, 2022
Fireblocks is a digital asset custody, transfer and settlement platform. Following a $550 million Series E funding round earlier this year, the firm is worth $8 billion and is the highest-valued digital asset infrastructure provider in the world. Today was an emotional day! 16 years after starting my first internship and more than 13 years []
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CBDC Insider: Monday April 04, 2022
The International Monetary Fund official claimed that the increased push of crypto adoption globally is because of the Russia vs Ukraine war situation. Today is the 39th day of the Russia vs Ukraine war and due to this war, both countries are facing an economic downfall. On one side the Russian government is officially moving []
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CoinGeek: Thursday March 31, 2022
The BoE joins the U.S. Federal Reserve and the Bank of Canada, which has been working with MIT, but it insists that its just research and the two wont develop a central bank digital currency.
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