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Are central banks planning their own cryptocurrencies?

  “Do Central Banks Intend to Launch Central Bank Digital Currencies?” By Gordon Kerr, Cavin O’Driscoll and Enrico Colombatto, courtesy of IREF   A substantial and growing amount of press attention has been devoted to the subject of Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) since last year’s announcement of Libra which spooked regulators at central banks who are […]

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Will Blockchain Undermine Central Bank Control – Or Amplify It?

By Erik Sass, TES Editor-in-Chief     Since the launch of Bitcoin in 2009 cryptocurrencies have proliferated, powered by blockchain technology using distributed computing platforms. Many have grown with the belief that they will remain free from the control of central banks and treasuries, thus providing an alternative to fiat currencies, whose value may change […]