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G-7 Financial Leaders To Discuss CBDCs and Other Looming Crypto Questions Friday
G-7 Financial Leaders to Discuss CBDCs and Other Looming Crypto Questions Friday
As G-7 financial leaders meet Friday to discuss digital currency and digital taxation, coordinated efforts on part of the G-7 to set a standard for CBDCs are forthcoming. Glob...
G-7 Financial Leaders To Discuss CBDCs and Other Looming Crypto Questions Friday

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Japan Gearing Up to Launch Its Own Digital Currency: Report
The group is preparing to conduct a feasibility study for its virtual currency in 2021.
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Citigroup CEO Michael Corbat said sovereign digital currency is inevitable.
Citigroup Helping World Governments Build Digital Currencies, CEO Says
The multinational banking giant has been calling digital currency all but inevitable since 2014.
Citigroup CEO Michael Corbat said sovereign digital currency is inevitable.

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Central Bank of Bahamas Launches Landmark 'Sand Dollar' Digital Currency
The Bahamas has officially launched the world's first national digital currency, the sand dollar.
Sand dollar

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell
Fed Chairman Powell to Speak About Digital Currencies Next Week at IMF
It is not immediately known if Powell’s remarks will include his thoughts on a digital dollar.
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell

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Central Banks Haven't Made a Good Case for Digital Currencies: WSJ's Heard on the Street
Central banks are rushing into digital currencies without considering how the risks might outweigh any benefits, the column argues.
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The Bahamas' Sand Dollar central bank digital currency will begin a "gradual national" debut on Oct. 20.
The Bahamas Reveal Details, October Date of Landmark Central Bank Digital Currency Debut
The Bahamas has unveiled key details of its historic launch of a central bank digital currency, now slated to debut on Oct. 20.
The Bahamas' Sand Dollar central bank digital currency will begin a "gradual national" debut on Oct. 20.

Tetsuya Inoue, formerly of the Bank of Japan, and now a chief researcher at the Nomura Research Institute. (CoinDesk Japan)
Former Central Bank Official: Japan Should Take a Digital Yen Seriously
In an interview with CoinDesk Japan, a former Bank of Japan official said the country has many reasons to seriously consider a digital yen.
Tetsuya Inoue, formerly of the Bank of Japan, and now a chief researcher at the Nomura Research Institute. (CoinDesk Japan)

Banco Central President Roberto Campos Neto says Brazil will have "all the ingredients" for a digital currency by 2022. (Marcos Oliveira/Agência Senado/Wikimedia Commons)
Brazil's Central Bank Says Nation Might Be Ready for a Digital Currency by 2022
Brazil's fast-digitizing financial infrastructure could set the stage for CBDC in the next two years, said Campos Neto.
Banco Central President Roberto Campos Neto says Brazil will have "all the ingredients" for a digital currency by 2022. (Marcos Oliveira/Agência Senado/Wikimedia Commons)

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Brazil's Central Bank Tasks Group With Laying Out Road Map to Digital Currency Issuance
The 12-member team will submit their findings – and propose a CBDC issuance model – to the central bank in 180 days.
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