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Zooko: The Financial Industry Is Demanding Privacy for Blockchains

Although one may assume that the demand for privacy in Bitcoin and other blockchain-based systems is coming from crypto-anarchists and libertarians, the reality is...

US Comptroller of the Currency Calls for Innovative Regulations on Digital Currencies and FinTech

Comptroller of the Currency Thomas J. Curry, who heads an independent department in charge of supervising all U.S. national banks, stated in a speech...

Overstock Invests in Bitt to Launch Official Digital Currencies in the Caribbean Islands

Overstock announced a strategic investment in Bitt, a Caribbean-based fintech company whose goal is to persuade Caribbean island nations to adopt digital national currencies....

Bank of England Official Discusses Implications of Central Bank Digital Currencies

Deputy Governor of the Bank of England Ben Broadbent has spoken out on the implications of a central bank digital currency (CBDC) for the...

The Bank of England’s RSCoin: An Experiment for Central Banks or a Bitcoin Alternative?

This is a guest post by Leah Zitter.On February 21, 2016, the Bank of England reported that it had partnered with researchers at University...

Researchers Propose RSCoin, a Permissioned Blockchain Currency Controlled by Central Banks

In September Bitcoin Magazine reported that Andrew G. Haldane, chief economist at the Bank of England (BoE), hinted at the possibility that the U.K. government...

Japan Debates Bitcoin Sales Tax, Stricter Rules for Exchanges

The Japanese financial newspaper Nikkei reported in early March that the country’s parliament, the Diet, will soon vote on a set of Bitcoin regulations to...

Korea’s Kookmin Bank Partners With Coinplug to Develop a Blockchain Forex Application

Kookmin Bank, one of South Korea’s largest commercial banks and one of the four largest financial institutions in the country by asset value, has...

Chainalysis Inks Bitcoin Analysis Deal With Europol, Irks Some Privacy Advocates

This is a guest post by Scott Dylan.Chainalysis signed an agreement with Europol on Friday that paves the way for the European law enforcement...

Former Standard Chartered CEO: To Fight Fraud, Banks Must Stop Issuing High Value Currency Notes

Peter Sands, the former chief executive of British multinational and financial services company Standard Chartered, states that central banks must terminate the issuance of...
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