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Pakistan Central Bank Eyes Digital Currency Launch by 2025 - 0 views

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Pakistan's central bank is considering the launch of a digital currency by 2025, in order to promote financial inclusion and reduce inefficiency and corruption. The central bank is also planning to make its services fully digitized and technology equipped by the year 2030.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Pakistan's central bank is considering the launch of a digital currency by 2025, in order to promote financial inclusion and reduce inefficiency and corruption. The central bank is also planning to make its services fully digitized and technology equipped by the year 2030. </div>

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Mastercard Introduces Consumer-Centric Model for Digital ID - 0 views

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Restoring Trust in a Digital World introduces MasterCard's vision for digital identity and presents a detailed framework of how it will work.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Restoring Trust in a Digital World introduces MasterCard's vision for digital identity and presents a detailed framework of how it will work.</div>

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XRP Exchange-Traded Product Goes Live on Swiss SIX Exchange - CoinDesk - 0 views

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"An exchange-traded product (ETP) tracking the price of the XRP cryptocurrency has gone live on Switzerland's primary stock exchange SIX."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"An exchange-traded product (ETP) tracking the price of the XRP cryptocurrency has gone live on Switzerland's primary stock exchange SIX."</div>

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The War on Cashless Stores | AIER - 0 views

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" There are better options than bans on cashless stores. Rather than imposing banknote acceptance by force, why not work towards improving the product? If cash were better, then store owners and consumers might choose to deal in it of their own accord."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">" There are better options than bans on cashless stores. Rather than imposing banknote acceptance by force, why not work towards improving the product? If cash were better, then store owners and consumers might choose to deal in it of their own accord."</div>

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The Case for Prepaid Debit Cards | AIER - 0 views

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"Like cash, a prepaid debit card is permissionless. Since anyone can buy a card, consumers need not get the approval of a bank to join the payments system. And since non-reloadable prepaid debit cards do not require giving up personal data, neither the bank, government, nor retailers can glean as much user information from a prepaid debit card transaction as they can from a regular one."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"Like cash, a prepaid debit card is permissionless. Since anyone can buy a card, consumers need not get the approval of a bank to join the payments system. And since non-reloadable prepaid debit cards do not require giving up personal data, neither the bank, government, nor retailers can glean as much user information from a prepaid debit card transaction as they can from a regular one."</div>

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Prepaid debit cards. The other anonymous payments method - 0 views

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"When it comes to financial privacy, good old fashioned banknotes and privacy cryptocurrencies like Zcash & Monero get all the attention. But let's not forget about prepaid debit cards."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"When it comes to financial privacy, good old fashioned banknotes and privacy cryptocurrencies like Zcash & Monero get all the attention. But let's not forget about prepaid debit cards."</div>

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Why security tokens are categorically and absolutely not crypto tokens | FT Alphaville - 0 views

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"If someone ever tries to tell you that an STO is just a fancy name for an ICO, or that security tokens have anything to do with crypto tokens, or that the real benefit of "cryptoassets" is that they allow you to skirt regulation, or that it's strange to have 133 companies headquartered in a 2-up-2-down in Manchester, you just tell them to stop acting the fool."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"If someone ever tries to tell you that an STO is just a fancy name for an ICO, or that security tokens have anything to do with crypto tokens, or that the real benefit of "cryptoassets" is that they allow you to skirt regulation, or that it's strange to have 133 companies headquartered in a 2-up-2-down in Manchester, you just tell them to stop acting the fool."</div>

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Interest-Paying Crypto Accounts Are This Year's Leading Trend - Bitcoin News - 0 views

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"2019 has witnessed an explosion of crypto savings programs that promise annual interest simply for locking up digital assets."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"2019 has witnessed an explosion of crypto savings programs that promise annual interest simply for locking up digital assets."</div>

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BlockFi and the Mystery of Finance - Zane Pocock - 0 views

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"In the last couple of weeks there has been an explosion of conversation about BlockFi centered around their new Crypto Interest Account product, which differs from their Crypto Backed Loans product."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"In the last couple of weeks there has been an explosion of conversation about BlockFi centered around their new Crypto Interest Account product, which differs from their Crypto Backed Loans product."</div>

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BBVA loan links interest rate to digital milestones - 0 views

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The first "D-Loan", as BBVA has dubbed the product, has been signed by Singapore-based Olam International, one of the world's leading food traders. The interest rate on the $350m revolving credit facility, provided by a consortium of seven banks led by BBVA, will decline if Olam hits a set of 32 digital targets.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">The first "D-Loan", as BBVA has dubbed the product, has been signed by Singapore-based Olam International, one of the world's leading food traders. The interest rate on the $350m revolving credit facility, provided by a consortium of seven banks led by BBVA, will decline if Olam hits a set of 32 digital targets.</div>

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The space mission to buy us vital extra hours before a solar storm strikes - MIT Techno... - 0 views

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The 1859 "Carrington Event" produced so much geomagnetic activity that sparks flew from telegraph equipment. If it happened today, it could debilitate power in urban centers, cut off GPS, and put satellite communications at risk.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">The 1859 "Carrington Event" produced so much geomagnetic activity that sparks flew from telegraph equipment. If it happened today, it could debilitate power in urban centers, cut off GPS, and put satellite communications at risk. </div>

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These Cryptocurrency Data Sites Aim to Be More Accurate Than Coinmarketcap - Bitcoin News - 0 views

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Deconstructing 'Decentralization': Exploring the Core Claim of Crypto Systems by Angela... - 0 views

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The application of the term "decentralized" to blockchain systems, and making legal judgments based on it, creates a "veil of decentralization" that functions as a liability shield for developers and miners and gives them a core benefit of organizational law without accompanying obligations.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">The application of the term "decentralized" to blockchain systems, and making legal judgments based on it, creates a "veil of decentralization" that functions as a liability shield for developers and miners and gives them a core benefit of organizational law without accompanying obligations.</div>

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Fintech in Latin America and the Caribbean: Stocktaking - 0 views

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"This paper documents the evolution of fintech in LAC. In particular, the paper focuses on financial development, fintech landscape for domestic and cross border payments and alternative financing, cybersecurity, financial integrity and stability risks, regulatory responses, and considerations for central bank digital currencies."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"This paper documents the evolution of fintech in LAC. In particular, the paper focuses on financial development, fintech landscape for domestic and cross border payments and alternative financing, cybersecurity, financial integrity and stability risks, regulatory responses, and considerations for central bank digital currencies."</div>

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Cash Use Across Countries and the Demand for Central Bank Digital Currency - 0 views

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"The level and trend in cash use in a country will influence the demand for central bank digital currency (CBDC). While access to digital currency will be more convenient than traveling to an ATM, it only makes CBDC like a bank debit card-not better. "

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"The level and trend in cash use in a country will influence the demand for central bank digital currency (CBDC). While access to digital currency will be more convenient than traveling to an ATM, it only makes CBDC like a bank debit card-not better. "</div>

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Understanding Central Bank Digital Currency - 0 views

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Launching a CBDC entails large risks as potential economic disruption could outweigh the desired, but mostly untested benefits. However, what is right for some developed economies may not be true for developing ones, where risks and benefits are inherently different.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Launching a CBDC entails large risks as potential economic disruption could outweigh the desired, but mostly untested benefits. However, what is right for some developed economies may not be true for developing ones, where risks and benefits are inherently different.</div>

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This paper proposes a crypto-asset ecosystem regulatory approach that relies on a decentralized regulatory architecture built upon the existing regulatory infrastructure and makes use of the existing as well as the emerging middlemen in the industry.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">This paper proposes a crypto-asset ecosystem regulatory approach that relies on a decentralized regulatory architecture built upon the existing regulatory infrastructure and makes use of the existing as well as the emerging middlemen in the industry.</div>

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New USStocks Token Lets Investors Access US Stock Market With Stablecoin Dai - 0 views

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Decentralized financial contracts platform UMA has partnered with MakerDAO to release a token tied to the US stock market.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Decentralized financial contracts platform UMA has partnered with MakerDAO to release a token tied to the US stock market.</div>

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Major Private Indian Bank Partners With Ripple for Cross-Border Remittances - 0 views

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India's Federal Bank, a commercial private bank, has partnered with Ripple to use its network for cross-border remittances.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">India's Federal Bank, a commercial private bank, has partnered with Ripple to use its network for cross-border remittances. </div>

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Bank runs in the digital era | FT Alphaville - 0 views

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Mark Zelmer's independent review into the UK's Co-operative Bank provides one of the first clear critiques of new regulations designed to stabilise the banking system, particularly the risk of bank runs and the role of open banking in the allocation of capital.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Mark Zelmer's independent review into the UK's Co-operative Bank provides one of the first clear critiques of new regulations designed to stabilise the banking system, particularly the risk of bank runs and the role of open banking in the allocation of capital.</div>

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Pakistan Central Bank Eyes Digital Currency Launch by 2025 - 0 views

Mastercard Introduces Consumer-Centric Model for Digital ID - 0 views

XRP Exchange-Traded Product Goes Live on Swiss SIX Exchange - CoinDesk - 0 views

The War on Cashless Stores | AIER - 0 views

The Case for Prepaid Debit Cards | AIER - 0 views

Prepaid debit cards. The other anonymous payments method - 0 views

Why security tokens are categorically and absolutely not crypto tokens | FT Alphaville - 0 views

Interest-Paying Crypto Accounts Are This Year's Leading Trend - Bitcoin News - 0 views

BlockFi and the Mystery of Finance - Zane Pocock - 0 views

BBVA loan links interest rate to digital milestones - 0 views

The space mission to buy us vital extra hours before a solar storm strikes - MIT Techno... - 0 views

These Cryptocurrency Data Sites Aim to Be More Accurate Than Coinmarketcap - Bitcoin News - 0 views

Deconstructing 'Decentralization': Exploring the Core Claim of Crypto Systems by Angela... - 0 views

Fintech in Latin America and the Caribbean: Stocktaking - 0 views

Cash Use Across Countries and the Demand for Central Bank Digital Currency - 0 views

Understanding Central Bank Digital Currency - 0 views

How to Regulate Bitcoin? Decentralized Regulation for a Decentralized Cryptocurrency - ... - 0 views

New USStocks Token Lets Investors Access US Stock Market With Stablecoin Dai - 0 views

Major Private Indian Bank Partners With Ripple for Cross-Border Remittances - 0 views

Bank runs in the digital era | FT Alphaville - 0 views

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