Why CBDCs aren’t a threat to Bitcoin
Central banks are concerned that they may lose the race for digital currencies to a private digital currency like Bitcoin (BTC). But Bitcoin and CBDCs are very different, with the…
Mastercard Accepts Individual Crypto Currencies as a Means of Payment
Credit card company Mastercard announced this week that they will accept “select crypto currencies” as payment. Their focus will primarily be on centralized stable-coins and central bank digital currencies (CBDCs),…
Tether regulation proposal “apocalyptic” for crypto
Unregulated stablecoins such as Tether face increasing regulatory pressure from the US government. A new bill called the Stable Act is stirring anxiety in crypto circles. It could effectively put…
ECB thinks that private stablecoins pose a greater risk than Bitcoin
Christine Lagarde has identified privately-issued stablecoins as representing a greater risk to financial stability and the monetary sovereignty of the EU than cryptocurrencies like bitcoin. She has commented on the…
Money, Money, Money
An insatiable thirst for dollars, the race for the status of the global reserve currency and interest rates on the block chain. Many changes are underway in the structure of…
Stablecoins – Upgrade for the Eurodollar system
A growing acceptance of Stablecoins could be the next step in a global financialisation, after private actors started to create dollar derivatives in the 1960s. Will crypto-dollarization lead to an…