The European Central Bank (ECB) is defending the privacy design of its planned central bank digital currency (CBDC). In an Aug. 10 …
CBDCs
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Web3
Stablecoins vs CBDCs: How the US is Embedding the Dollar into the Internet Without a Fedcoin
by shayaanby shayaanTwo fundamentally incompatible visions of digital money are now in direct competition, and the divergence is structural — not merely technical. Brussels …
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Smart Contracts
South Carolina Passes Law Banning CBDCs While Protecting Crypto Users, Bitcoin Miners
by shayaanby shayaanIn short Senate Bill 163 was signed into law by South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster on Tuesday. The bill effectively bans the …
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Economist Dawie Roodt has issued a warning that central bank digital currencies could become tools for authoritarian control due to their “programmable” …
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Smart Contracts
Ray Dalio Warns CBDCs Could Hand Governments Sweeping Financial Control
by shayaanby shayaanIn short Dalio said CBDCs could give governments an unprecedented ability to monitor transactions and enforce policies through the financial system. He …
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If you asked a cypherpunk in the 1990s about their worst-case scenario for the future of money, they probably would have described …
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Mastercard’s Raj Dhamodharan predicts that more central banks will shift away from retail CBDCs, focusing instead on wholesale digital currencies for financial …
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Regulation
Trump’s Executive Order Establishes Crypto Task Force and Bans CBDCs
by shayaanby shayaanTrump bans CBDCs, focusing on blockchain innovation and regulatory clarity in the U.S. digital asset sector. A new U.S. task force will …
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