Bank of Russia Plans Prototype for Its Digital Ruble Design in December
The digital ruble will live in a hybrid technological platform combining distributed ledger technology and centralized control by the central bank.
The digital ruble will live in a hybrid technological platform combining distributed ledger technology and centralized control by the central bank.
Pro-blockchain lawmakers in the state have made cryptocurrency inclusion a natural feature of their legislative agenda.
Our reporter contacts state lawmakers for clarification and ends up inadvertently reshaping a bill.
Blame governments, not technology, for costly and inefficient international payments. But private cryptocurrencies could help.
The IRS has issued a John Doe summons to Circle, in a repeat of its collection of Coinbase customer information. What has changed since then?
The 88th anniversary of FDR's executive order 6102 brings a sobering reminder of the value of confiscation-resistant currency.
The printer may be going "brrrrr" but increasing the money supply doesn't necessarily lead to inflation, writes EY's blockchain leader.
In a TV appearance, ex-SEC Chair Jay Clayton warned new regulations around bitcoin could be coming soon.
A Massachusetts court is supporting a request from the IRS to obtain the records of Circle customers, the Department of Justice said Thursday.
South Korea may not be planning to ban cryptocurrencies, but its regulatory regime may only favor the biggest incumbents.
Tal Prihar admitted to taking bitcoin payments from darknet marketplaces in exchange for referral links.
Exchanges including WazirX, CoinDCX and others are presenting government officials with their vision for how India should regulate crypto.
The Financial Action Task Force addressed DeFi and NFTs in its new proposed draft guidance, but its new definitions might be extremely broad.
“We believe the case for intervention in the wider cryptocurrency markets is less immediately pressing,” Economic Secretary to the Treasury John Glen said Tuesday.
A crypto ban is hovering above India, but the country's younger generations are still excited about bitcoin.
Governments have "very little incentive" to change money laundering rules to accommodate crypto, says the long-time head of the FATF.
What would it take for governments to add bitcoin to their balance sheets? Here's what one expert thinks.
While boomers lay down ever more debt, millennials (and younger) have started looking for an exit door. How will governments respond?
The Bridgewater Associates founder said Wednesday that bitcoin has "proven itself" but could face something akin to the 1930s ban on owning gold.
CEO Ed Tilly told Bloomberg Thursday Cboe has not "given up" on bitcoin futures despite prior aborted attempts in the space.
“The lack of privacy in the Chinese system is just not something we could do here,” Powell told a House committee.
Central bank instability tends to attract people to cryptocurrency. As the lira dropped on Monday, internet searches about cryptocurrencies spiked.
It is ironic that quantitative easing is reinforcing Bitcoin when it was born in opposition to a policy of scarcity, says Arcane Research's Sofia Blikstad.
Russia's anti-money laundering agency is going to identify and track down bitcoin-to-fiat sales, the government official said.
Proposals for bitcoin to act as a "money battery" within the renewable system show how technology can reduce the network's footprint.
The OCC published a number of crypto-friendly pieces of guidance last year. The next head of this banking regulator could undo this work.
These young investors "skew more towards being female, under 40 and from a BAME background," the regulator said.
Jimmy Gale Watson Jr. was indicted with his controversial tech entrepreneur boss earlier this month.
Acer hasn't yet confirmed the attack, reports Tech Radar.
The central bank needs to balance privacy for users with "international consensus" on risk control, the director of the PBoC's Digital Currency Research Institute said
