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A money revolution is going on

November 24, 2020 Comments are Disabled

The increasing adoption of cryptodollars—digital dollar tokens that can be passed hand-to-hand—is a sure sign of the revolution that’s taking place in money, says Nic Carter, our guest on the […]

Stablecoin design is difficult and dangerous

November 19, 2020 Comments are Disabled

Too strict a reserve policy makes asset-backed money of limited use. But too lax a policy may be the first step on a slippery path to destruction. Since US President […]

Digital currency—a central banker’s view

November 16, 2020 Comments are Disabled

This year’s coronavirus pandemic has accelerated plans for the introduction of central bank digital currencies (CBDCs)—a mobile-ready replacement for our state-issued banknotes and coins. But many of the most important […]

Let the bad guys in

November 12, 2020 Comments are Disabled

Amidst the chaotic fallout of the US presidential election, one result at least seemed clear: the half-century-long war on drugs has come to an end. That’s how many observers have […]

Private stablecoins won’t work as money, says the BIS

November 10, 2020 Comments are Disabled

Privately issued stablecoins—digital money backed by fiat currency like the US dollar—won’t work in the long term as they lack the government support implicit in central bank money, say researchers […]

One in four high-quality bonds has negative yield

November 9, 2020 Comments are Disabled

More than a quarter by value of the world’s investment-grade bonds now have negative yields, according to the latest data from Bloomberg. The market value of the Bloomberg Barclays Global […]

WhatsApp gets green light for payments in India

November 6, 2020 Comments are Disabled

Facebook-owned messaging service WhatsApp said that from today it is rolling out a payments option for its 400m users in India. The new feature will enable Indian users of the […]

Why Libra was bound to fail

November 5, 2020 Comments are Disabled

Facebook’s ‘Libra’ digital currency project combined incompetence and arrogance and was bound to fail, says David Gerard, our guest on the latest New Money Review podcast. Gerard, a technology expert […]

Digitalisation of payments accelerates

November 4, 2020 Comments are Disabled

Around the world, payments are becoming faster, more efficient and more convenient due to the increasing adoption of digital and mobile technology, says the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) in […]

Chinese regulators torpedo Ant Group listing

November 3, 2020 Comments are Disabled

The Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) has intervened to halt the public sale of shares in Ant Group, China’s financial technology giant, due to take place later this week. The share […]

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A money revolution is going on

Stablecoin design is difficult and dangerous

Digital currency—a central banker’s view

Let the bad guys in

Private stablecoins won’t work as money, says the BIS

One in four high-quality bonds has negative yield

WhatsApp gets green light for payments in India

Why Libra was bound to fail

Digitalisation of payments accelerates

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