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Web3

Accenture Exec Says Future of Crypto Self Custody Will Be Portability

Live from the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, David Treat, senior managing director at Accenture, discusses why users should have the option to move their data and crypto from one location to another.

By Fran Velasquez

Jan 16, 2023 at 10:34 p.m. UTC

Jan 16, 2023

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Podcasts

China

Do We Really Need CBDCs?

The global race for leadership in central bank digital currencies CBD Cs started with China charging forward with its digital yuan project and all other nations rushing to catch up The Digital Dollar Project recently announced plans for a slew of pilot projects that will show what the tokenized U S dollar can and can’t [...]

By Ben Schiller Anna Baydakova Danny Nelson

May 8, 2021 at 5:00 p.m. UTC

May 8, 2021

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Markets

Accenture

Accenture, HSBC, Seba Bank Among Bank of France’s Eight CBDC Finalists

The Bank of France’s central bank digital currency experiments are moving forward with eight candidate firms picked.

By Danny Nelson

Jul 20, 2020 at 5:23 p.m. UTC

Jul 20, 2020

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Markets

Accenture

Digital Dollar Project Calls for 2-Tiered Distribution System in First White Paper for US CBDC

The Digital Dollar Project's first white paper describes how a two-tiered system underpinning a tokenized dollar could modernize the U.S. financial system.

By Nikhilesh De

May 29, 2020 at 1:00 p.m. UTC

May 29, 2020

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Business

Hyperledger

Hyperledger Conference Shows Where Blockchain Can Fight Global Warming

Social impact took center stage at this year's Hyperledger Global Forum, with perhaps less of an emphasis on banking consortia and trade finance blockchains.

By Ian Allison

Mar 4, 2020 at 2:00 p.m. UTC

Mar 4, 2020

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Policy

Sweden

Sweden's Central Bank Finally Embraces DLT, but Only in Simulation Mode

Riksbank's e-krona pilot will run on distributed ledger tech, but the entire project will be operated as only a simulation through at least 2021.

By Danny Nelson

Feb 21, 2020 at 9:00 p.m. UTC

Feb 21, 2020

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Markets

Accenture

Former CFTC Officials Ramp Up Push for Digital Dollar With Accenture Partnership

Former CFTC Chair Chris Giancarlo and LabCFTC head Dan Gorfine are forming the Digital Dollar Foundation, working with Accenture to determine how best to create a U.S. central bank digital currency.

By Nikhilesh De

Jan 16, 2020 at 1:58 p.m. UTC

Jan 16, 2020

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Markets

Accenture

Accenture Will Board Corporates Onto Marco Polo Shipping Blockchain

Accenture plans to help TradeIX create new use cases beyond banking for buyers and sellers within trade finance after backing the Marco Polo tech partner.

By Nate DiCamillo

Dec 17, 2019 at 7:00 a.m. UTC

Dec 17, 2019

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