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British pounds
Markets
Bank of england
Stablecoins, CBDCs Don't Present Inherent Risk to Financial Stability: Bank of England Executive Says
Christina Segal-Knowles played down concerns that the traditional banking model would be undermined.
British pounds
By Jamie Crawley
Jun 10, 2021 at 1:34 p.m. UTC
Jun 10, 2021
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Dapper Labs CEO Roham Gharegozlou
Finance
Stablecoins
Dapper Labs Unveils Flow-Native Stablecoin, FUSD, With Other ERC-20-Like Tokens to Follow
The maker of NBA Top Shot is deploying new tools for developers to launch tokens on the Flow blockchain.
Dapper Labs CEO Roham Gharegozlou
By Brady Dale
Jun 10, 2021 at 1:00 p.m. UTC
Jun 10, 2021
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President Abraham Lincoln with General George B. McClellan at his headquarters at Antietam, Oct. 3, 1862.
Finance
Opinion
How the Civil War Shapes the Future of Stablecoins
The Civil War replaced a decentralized monetary system with a centralized one, setting precedents for the regulation of stablecoins today.
President Abraham Lincoln with General George B. McClellan at his headquarters at Antietam, Oct. 3, 1862.
By Franklin Noll
Jun 8, 2021 at 7:41 p.m. UTC
Jun 8, 2021
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The Royal Exchange. (QQ7/Shutterstock)
Policy
Bank of england
Bank of England Releases Discussion Paper on Stablecoins, CBDC
The paper focuses on the effects of private stablecoins on the cost and availability of lending and the challenges for monetary policy.
The Royal Exchange. (QQ7/Shutterstock)
By Jamie Crawley
Jun 7, 2021 at 11:59 a.m. UTC
Jun 7, 2021
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Fmr. CFTC Chairman Calls for Greater Regulatory Oversight of Stablecoins
Video
Cbdcs
Fmr. CFTC Chairman Calls for Greater Regulatory Oversight of Stablecoins
Harvard University Kennedy School of Government Senior Fellow and former Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chairman Timothy Massad discusses his thesis that the popu...
Fmr. CFTC Chairman Calls for Greater Regulatory Oversight of Stablecoins
By CoinDesk Staff
Jun 2, 2021 at 2:28 p.m. UTC
Jun 2, 2021
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Timothy Massad, a former chairman of the CFTC
Markets
Tether
Disruption in Tether's Value Could Be Crypto Equivalent of 'Breaking the Buck': Former CFTC Chairman
Timothy Massad compared the hypothetical occurrence to the collapse in NAV of the Reserve Primary Fund in September 2008.
Timothy Massad, a former chairman of the CFTC
By Jamie Crawley
Jun 1, 2021 at 12:34 p.m. UTC
Jun 1, 2021
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MOSHED-2020-10-12-14-44-18
Markets
Opinion
Consensus Day 3, Recapped: The Battle Over Electronic Money
The future of CBDCs, stablecoins and untethered cryptocurrencies was all up for grabs on an action-packed day at CoinDesk's flagship event.
MOSHED-2020-10-12-14-44-18
By Daniel Kuhn
May 26, 2021 at 10:27 p.m. UTC
May 26, 2021
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Diem co-creator Christian Catalini said the original vision for the stablecoin may have been "naive."
Markets
Libra
Diem Co-Creator Says Original Plan for Stablecoin Was 'Naive'
Diem, the latest iteration of Facebook's ambitious Libra project, had to make multiple concessions to calm the regulators. Chief Economist Christian Catalini explains the evol...
Diem co-creator Christian Catalini said the original vision for the stablecoin may have been "naive."
By Anna Baydakova
May 26, 2021 at 3:31 p.m. UTC
May 26, 2021
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Diem Scales Back, Sets Eyes on a US-Backed Stablecoin
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Cdtv
Diem Scales Back, Sets Eyes on a US-Backed Stablecoin
Diem, the cryptocurrency formerly known as Libra, started off with ambitions to create a global crypto tied to a basket of currencies from around the world, but Diem has since...
Diem Scales Back, Sets Eyes on a US-Backed Stablecoin
By CoinDesk Staff
May 26, 2021 at 2:16 p.m. UTC
May 26, 2021
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Policy
Imf
IMF Official: ‘A World With More Than One Reserve Currency Is a More Stable World’
Tommaso Mancini-Griffoli said we already live in a world with more than one reserve currency, but also that crypto was too young and volatile to be a global reserve.
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By Sandali Handagama
May 24, 2021 at 5:34 p.m. UTC
May 24, 2021
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