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In separate meetings, executives from Shinhan, Hana, KB Financial and Woori Bank will explore the role of dollar-pegged and won-pegged stablecoins in the country.
The EU is exploring Ethereum and Solana for its digital euro, marking a shift toward public blockchains over private models like China’s CBDC.
House leaders have added a ban on the Federal Reserve issuing or studying a CBDC to a must-pass defense policy bill, a similar version of which the chamber passed in July.
The GENIUS Act's passage caught many in Europe off guard and sparked concerns dollar-backed stablecoins could tighten America’s grip on cross-border payments.
Tether and Circle are set to meet with the CEOs of South Korea’s four largest banks this week to discuss potential partnerships.
The US Treasury Department is putting the GENIUS Act into action with a 60-day comment period to gather ideas on detecting illicit crypto activity. By establishing a stablecoin framework and seeking input, the Treasury is working to shape the Web3 sector. Und…
Circle president Heath Tarbert discusses how stablecoins could potentially revolutionize global payment systems in this special series on the “Future of Finance.”…Read More
One Chart. Three Generations. Total Extraction. I saw this chart making the rounds on Twitter this week, and it stopped me cold. While the specific figures combine data from multiple sources, the trend is undeniable: in 1950, over half of 30-year-olds were ma…
When President Trump signed the January 2025 Executive Order banning any federal agency from establishing, issuing, or promoting a central bank digital currency, the headlines focused on domestic politics. It was portrayed as a populist stand against...
This paper was written to give the reader a snap shot of money, real and imagined. Our Constitution requires that we use real money, which is Gold and Silver. These have the required characteristics for real money: 1…medium of exchange,2…measure of value, and…
Critics misunderstand the GENIUS Act’s actual influence. It doesn’t free Bitcoin from taxes but breaks Wall Street’s stranglehold on dollar clearing.
Examining South Korea’s tightly controlled CBDC approach versus Japan’s open stablecoin framework, and what these shifts could mean for investors.
Executive Summary <ul> <li>What is new: The Trump administration’s Working Group on Digital Asset Markets released a comprehensive report outlining some 100 policy and legislative recommendations to position the U.S. as a global leader in digital assets and b…
Brazil's Drex CBDC project will no longer use blockchain due to scalability and privacy challenges