The Bank of Thailand continues to investigate central bank digital currency solutions
The Bank of Thailand (BOT) recently announced that it is developing a prototype payments system that would rely on a central bank digital currency (CBDC) to facilitate payments. This new project extends the BOT proofs-of-concept using Corda and Hyperledger.
Netherlands central bank supports a digital Euro
With central banks all over the world considering digital currency implementations, the Netherlands central bank, De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB), has released a central bank digital currency report.
Bank of International settlements warns against central bank cryptos
The Bank of International Settlements (BIS) - or the central banks’ central bank - has warned global central banks they could endanger the stability of the financial system if they create their own digital currency in a bid to quash competition from established cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum.
Hong Kong â Building Trust Using Distributed Ledger Technology
This paper aims to explain briefly what DLT is, and indicate the technologyâs transformative potential, describe what selected overseas jurisdictions have been doing to explore DLT, describe the present state of DLT exploration in Hong Kong, suggest an initial framework for Hong Kong to build up a DLT ecosystem and suggests potential DLT use-cases in Hong Kong for medium-term consideration. The paper takes its lead from the financial services implications of DLT â from which perspective DLT is a dimension of FinTech and also a digital currency. In that sense, blockchain strategy is one element of FinTech strategy. However, DLT has implications far beyond financial services, which the present paper also seeks to address.
Bank of Canada draws digital currencies lessons from history
The Canadian Central Bank recently released a [staff working paper](http://www.bankofcanada.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/swp2017-5.pdf) that examines the period in Canada when both private bank notes and government-issued notes (Dominion notes) were simultaneously in circulation. “Because both of these notes shared many of the characteristics of today's digital currencies,” the report states, “the experience with these notes can be used to draw lessons about how digital currencies might perform.”
Canadian Bank Notes and Dominion Notes: Lessons for Digital Currencies
This paper studies the period in Canada when both private bank notes and government issued notes (Dominion notes) were simultaneously in circulation. Because both of these notes shared many of the characteristics of today's digital currencies, the experience with these notes can be used to draw lessons about how digital currencies might perform. The paper begins with a brief historical review of how these notes came into existence and of the regulations regarding their issuance.
Impacting With Value: Capture-Translate-Transact-Report – Proof-of-Impact Transaction Platform
Sitting at the cross-over of Fintech Innovation and Social Innovation, this paper represents the best-in-class combination of Blockchain and Social Earning Ratio technologies to provide a radical build on existing well tried and tested platforms. Aimed at all those broadly interested in the impact investment marketplace covering public, private, civil society and community interventions, this is a solution to the current dissatisfaction of a failing marketplace. Grounded in world leading academic research, the Seratio platform is an open source initiative developed irrespective of the impact metric used, and the impact reporting adopted. Several commissions already address significant global issues of SDG, Gender Inequality, Islamic values, Care Givers, Bluelight Services, City solutions, Ethical Leadership, etc. This is a call to collaborate within a not-for-profit framework, taking advantage of the convening power of all those interested in significant structural change.
Problems with big numbers in crypto – how Bitcoin dodged a bullet
Recently, the infamous OneCoin made news once more in the Bitcoin circles after their OneLife mastermind stream. One of the more interesting things mentioned was the previously announced blockchain reset, coin doubling and increase in coin generation speed.
Vaccinating ourselves from local courts
A pandemic is plaguing the cryptocurrency industry today, yet most of us don’t yet know we’re infected. These diseases arise from extreme exposure to hundreds of national and local laws, jurisdictions, rules, and unknown legal risks due to engaging in open global systems in a world that is largely still clinging to nation-centric, hyper-local rules and controls.
Distributed Ledgers in Payments: Beyond the Bitcoin Hype
The report spends time describing âestablished technologies, â that distributed ledgers combine. The block chain, Digital signatures, A consensus mechanism, and A digital currency.
In brief: The world’s unbanked and Fintech innovation
With headlines each week spotlighting millions of dollars in fintech funding, for the development and trialing of cutting-edge technology like the distributed ledger, digital currencies or their deploying platforms, it’s easy to lose sight of the core, perhaps altruistic, driving force of creating technology: advancement.
Status and Implications of the Distributed Ledger Technology and Digital Currency
Understanding distributed ledger technology and digital currency current status and it's implications.
Opportunities and risks associated with the advent of digital currency in the Caribbean
This report examines the usage of digital currency technology in the Caribbean subregion with a view to drawing attention to the opportunities and risks associated with this new phenomenon. It discusses the broader context of an emerging activity at the global level and considers how this technology could address subregional deficiencies in the electronic payment infrastructure.
The world’s top bank weighs in on digital currencies
The Bank for International Settlements is the central bank to the world’s central banks, and until now they have been quiet on the subject of Bitcoin. Today their opinion on the matter is revealed with the release of their own report.
ScotPound – digital money for the common good
This report outlines the creation of a new national digital currency, ScotPound , and free-at-point-of-use payment system, ScotPay, for Scotland. Our proposals draw on over two decades of research into top-down reform of existing national currency systems and bottom-up local and complementary currencies.
HackCoin: A Digital Currency And Blockchain Hackathon
[HackCoin](http://www.hackcoin.io/) is an international digital currency and blockchain hackathon organized by HackCoin Ltd. It welcomes hackers and developers to participate in its hackathon events and test out their most creative ideas in digital currency fintech.
