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Central bank digital currencies have raised privacy concerns (Flickr)
Hong Kong-Israel CBDC Project Examines Security, Privacy, Accessibility
Project Sela claims to settle directly on central bank balance sheets without compromising people's data
Central bank digital currencies have raised privacy concerns (Flickr)

Central banks from Mexico and Colombia studied crypto's role in the developing world. (Flickr)
Crypto’s ‘Illusory Appeal’ Should Be Met by Regulation, Not Bans, BIS Study Says
Bitcoin ETFs could boost adoption because digital assets offer an escape route for state-imposed capital controls, a grouping of central bankers from the Americas said.
Central banks from Mexico and Colombia studied crypto's role in the developing world. (Flickr)

BIS headquarters in Basil, Switzerland.
Crypto Can’t Be Used as Money Due to ‘Inherent Flaws,’ BIS Tells G20
Central bankers, wary of displacing their own fiat currencies, pointed to the past year's prominent hacks and collapses.
BIS headquarters in Basil, Switzerland.

The Bank for International Settlements in Basel, Switzerland (Fred Romero/Flickr)
15 Retail CBDCs Likely by 2030, BIS Study Says
A survey conducted by the Bank for International Settlements also found 93% of central banks worldwide were engaged in digital currency work in 2022.
The Bank for International Settlements in Basel, Switzerland (Fred Romero/Flickr)

Pablo Hernandez de Cos (right) with the King of Spain (Samuel de Roman/Getty Images)
Crypto Banking Rules Could Be Modified if Market Reacts, Basel Committee Chair Says
Controversial rules unveiled last year would discourage banks from holding assets such as bitcoin that are deemed risky
Pablo Hernandez de Cos (right) with the King of Spain (Samuel de Roman/Getty Images)

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Has Tokenization’s Moment Finally Come?
Tokenization of real-world assets has been dismissed by many crypto purists for operating under a centralized framework, but new technological advances have migrated the process from closed, permissioned projects onto public, permissionless blockchain platforms.
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BIS Report Highlights How Retail Investors Fared After FTX's Collapse
BIS Report Highlights How Retail Investors Fared After FTX's Collapse
While most crypto app users worldwide lost money on their bitcoin holdings after last year's collapses of the Terra ecosystem and the FTX exchange investors outside of major economies took the biggest hit the Bank for International Settlements said in a report published on Monday The Hash panel discusses the key takeaways and what it [...]
BIS Report Highlights How Retail Investors Fared After FTX's Collapse

DeFi Can Worsen Volatility Without Even Avoiding Middlemen: BIS
DeFi Can Worsen Volatility Without Even Avoiding Middlemen: BIS
Decentralized finance (DeFi) could lead to bumpier financial markets and may not even fix problems of large intermediaries dominating, two papers published Friday by the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) said. "The Hash" panel discusses what this means for the future of open finance.
DeFi Can Worsen Volatility Without Even Avoiding Middlemen: BIS

The headquarters of the Bank for International Settlements, rear, in Basel, Switzerland (trabantos/Getty Images)
DeFi Can Exacerbate Volatility Without Even Avoiding Middlemen, BIS Reports Say
The group of central banks continues its pessimism, as crypto innovations seek to make financial markets more efficient.
The headquarters of the Bank for International Settlements, rear, in Basel, Switzerland (trabantos/Getty Images)

BIS Report Finds CBDCs Useful in Foreign Exchange Transactions
BIS Report Finds CBDCs Useful in Foreign Exchange Transactions
The Bank for International Settlements BIS revealed in a report that CBD Cs come in handy for foreign exchange transfers as they saw 20 different commercial banks conduct over 160 payments worth around a total of 22 million Coin Desk Global Policy Regulation Managing Editor Nikhilesh De discusses the ongoing Project m Bridge and what [...]
BIS Report Finds CBDCs Useful in Foreign Exchange Transactions