Digital assets
State Street to look after bitcoin, just don’t call it custody
The second-biggest custodian will provide “record-keeping services” for the unregulated asset
Ulrich Bindseil on the launch of the digital euro
The ECB’s director-general for market infrastructure and payments speaks about the functionality, tiering approaches, privacy policies, ledger technology and ecosystem impact of the eurozone's planned CBDC
Diginex chief on taming the Wild East of cryptocurrencies
Singapore-based digital exchange wants to bring respectability – and regulation – to the sector
FSB outlines 10-point plan for stablecoin risks
Some powers already exist but stablecoins may cut across regulatory boundaries, report says
Covid-19 could spur central bank digital currencies – BIS
Fear could promote use of CBDCs but data is yet to point to whether cash demand has changed
ECB and BoJ point to major problem in DLT-based payments
Project Stella report says central source of information could create single point of failure
Pollock becomes COO of Diginex in Singapore
Westpac veteran will build out the crypto firm’s office in the city-state
Brainard: US must review payments system oversight
Big tech’s currency plans could weaken payments oversight – senior Fed official
Cambodia’s blockchain payment network will go live in early 2020
Bakong could be linked with other Asean countries as cross-border transfers are part of project’s next phase
Stablecoin threat to monetary sovereignty – WEF panel
Panellists discuss delicate balance needed between private and public sector regarding digital money
Emerging market central banks keener to issue CBDCs – BIS
BIS survey shows central banks shifting emphasis from wholesale to retail CBDCs
USC to kick-start trading of digital assets, says UBS
Chris Purves says first test trades using utility settlement coin likely in first half of 2020
HK and Thailand launch next phase of cross-border CBDC project
CBDC-based payments can cut costs and boost speed, HKMA and Bank of Thailand study shows
Cœuré and Cunliffe to lead research group on CBDCs
Six central banks and BIS will explore use cases and share knowledge
Barclays finds blockchain nirvana in USC
Utility Settlement Coin could transform financial markets, but first its backers must prove it is secure, says the bank
RBA: stablecoins must wait until framework in place
Australian central bank says it may step up CBDC research efforts this year
ECB paper offers tiering solution to CBDC structural concerns
Separating CBDC functions could disincentivise use during crisis, but disintermediation of banking sector still a risk
Bahamas rolls out first phase of CBDC pilot
Pilot will extend to rest of country after June, says governor Rolle, depending on Exuma and Abaco case studies
Eurochain: CBDC project seeks secure anonymity
Proof of concept blends anonymity with AML/CFT regulation
Riksbank to work with Accenture on e-krona pilot
First year will see development of user interface for mobile, card and watch-based payments
CBDC talk has been “overhyped” – former RBI deputy
Focus on retail CBDCs is potential distraction from core central banking functions, says Sinha
Central banks should collaborate on multicurrency CBDC – research
Lithuania’s central bank notes national CBDC projects will not solve global payment inefficiencies
New ‘currency’ aims to tackle failings of predecessors
Saga sits between a stablecoin and crypto asset, designed by a team including former central bankers
OKEx expands crypto derivatives offering
Malta-based digital asset exchange upgrades trading architecture, with eye on futures and options trading