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BIS to Release Market Intelligence Platform During Stablecoin, DeFi Fall

The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) Innovation Hub reportedly released a crypto market intelligence platform and security for retail central bank digital currency (CBDC). Specifically, the...

Warren Hayes | Jun 22, 2022 15:09

Cambridge University Rolled Out Crypto Research Initiative With IMF & BIS

The University of Cambridge is reportedly forming partnerships with a few of the top-tier banking entities and private firms across the globe, to roll out a new initiative focusing on cryptocurrency...

Natalie Wu | Mar 02, 2022 14:59

BIS Teamed Up With France and Switzerland’s Central Banks to Work On Cross-border CBDC Initiative

The Bank of France and the Swiss National Bank have reportedly formed an alliance with the Bank for International Settlements’ Innovation Hub, to conduct testing for a CBDC system, called “Project...

Natalie Wu | Jun 11, 2021 13:26

Central Banks Will Have to Introduce Their Own Digital Currency Soon Amid Facebook’s Libra Force

After expressing a rather harsh attitude towards cryptocurrencies in the past years, Agustin Carstens – chief of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) – has agreed that central...

Natalie Wu | Jul 03, 2019 03:24

Do System Flaws mean Bitcoin Needs Replacing?

A new working paper by the Bank of International Settlements (BIS) argues that Bitcoin, and a few other cryptocurrencies, face a rather significant problem regarding its proof-of-work (PoW) algorithm...

Warren Hayes | Jan 25, 2019 06:59

Central Banks Examining Possible Use of National Digital Currencies

Most of the world’s central banks are studying the idea the issuing central bank digital currency (CBDC), according to a survey by Swiss-based Bank of International Settlements (BIS) done in 2018....

Natalie Wu | Jan 11, 2019 08:47