Venezuela: second attempt at CBDC
    23 Aug 2021
    429 Views

    This time, the citizens will be offered a “digital bolivar”. However, in Venezuela, this central bank digital currency will have to withstand fierce competition from the Dash cryptocurrency project. Try not to laugh, but there is once again a monetary reform upcoming in Venezuela with yet another denomination. It has already been announced, and it…

    Venezuela: second attempt at CBDC
    22 Aug 2021
    477 Views

    This time, the citizens will be offered a “digital bolivar”. However, in Venezuela, this central bank digital currency will have to withstand fierce competition from the Dash cryptocurrency project. Try not to laugh, but there is once again a monetary reform upcoming in Venezuela with yet another denomination. It has already been announced, and it…

    From stablecoin to a bank: perhaps, the greatest challenge of 2021. Part 2
    21 Aug 2021
    424 Views

    A fundamentally new banking system structure may emerge sooner rather than later: the one where fiat and stablecoins, CBDC and “classical” cryptocurrencies are used on equal terms. And DeFi will compete directly and on a level playing field with centralized banking services. To understand how the banking system will change, let’s delve a little deeper…

    From stablecoin to a bank: perhaps, the greatest challenge of 2021. Part 1
    19 Aug 2021
    414 Views

    The Circle company, known as the issuer of the USDC stablecoin, is set to become a US national commercial bank – a digital bank that combines crypto and fiat payments. This is yet another way the cryptocurrency industry is invading traditional banking. We have only just written about how crypto exchanges are becoming competitors of…

    Gennadiy Cholovenko: “Binance is gradually becoming a direct competitor to the banking system”
    18 Aug 2021
    678 Views

    Today we are publishing an interview in which the expert expresses his views on why regulators in various countries across the globe have declared an all-out war on the largest crypto exchange in the market, Binance. We have recently written about how ever since the beginning of this year, Binance has come under attack from…

    US getting ready to “tighten the screws” for DeFi
    17 Aug 2021
    466 Views

    A cryptocurrency amendment was introduced to the US Senate, which would greatly complicate any operations with cryptocurrencies, hitting decentralized services the hardest. And it is backed by the Joe Biden administration. There is a lot of fuss around the second cryptocurrency amendment to Joe Biden’s $ 1 trillion infrastructure bill HR 3684. On August 6,…