Blockchain
NY court orders world’s largest stablecoin issuer to prove reserves
Defendants accused of crypto market price manipulation
(Un)stablecoins and central banks
Time to tackle stablecoin structures and support mechanisms
Officials urge narrow focus as CBDC use cases proliferate
Communication and financial inclusion are critical concerns, Summer Meetings panellists agree
MAS launches asset tokenisation and DeFi project
First pilot on bond transactions will involve state-owned firms and JP Morgan
Book notes: The future of money, by Eswar S Prasad
Prasad’s book is the best on the topic so far
Tech talent: a global bottleneck for central banks?
Central banks are struggling to recruit people with the right fintech expertise
MAS crypto regulatory powers extended
New bill brings virtual asset providers under AML/CFT regulation
Central bank of the year: Bank of Korea
South Korea’s central bank was the first developed-world central bank to tighten policy to address inflationary risks
Markus Brunnermeier on the need for CBDCs
The Princeton academic says public digital currencies face pitfalls but are still needed
Machine learning and NLP top regtech tools
Micro-prudential reporting and risk assessment are main regtech applications
Podcast: fixing the gaps in fintech laws
Fintech is reshaping the financial system, but laws are not adapting so fast, say IMF lawyers
Pilot CBDC outage due to expired certificate, ECCB says
Blockchain network requires update before digital currency can come back online
Indian government directs RBI to issue CBDC
Central bank told to prepare to issue the digital currency in 2022 and 2023
Eastern Caribbean digital currency remains offline
DCash has been shut down since January 14, as firm says it has “identified problem”
ECCB digital currency suffers outage
Eastern Caribbean’s DCash disrupted by unspecified “technical issue”
Joint CBDC project highlights promise of interoperability
Banque de France, HSBC and IBM find different technologies can still work together
Jamaica prepares for national CBDC launch
Country is in the vanguard of digital currencies as it begins its national launch this quarter
US regulators call for new stablecoin regulations
Working group wants issuers to be insured and regulated like banks
Interoperability of stablecoins
Central bank reserves could be a better option for backing stablecoins than Treasuries, say Manmohan Singh, Caitlin Long and Charles Kahn
Nigeria launches ‘digital naira’ pilot
Central bank issues $1.2 million in retail CBDC after clampdown on private crypto
Group tests bond settlement on French CBDC platform
Euroclear says CBDC-driven system can plug into existing market infrastructure
Agustín Carstens on BIS strategic priorities, innovation and central bank policy
BIS chief speaks about policy trade-offs at a critical time, tech collaboration, tackling NBFIs and the dearth of ‘green’ assets
Colombian central bank joins DLT bond issuance pilot
Technology could cut costs and offer faster processing, traceability, security and risk management
Recipe for a chief (fin)tech officer
Private-sector experience, a knowledge of supervision and a zest for innovation are key ingredients