New Zealand’s Reserve Bank starts to consult over potential CBDC
    10 Jul 2021
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    The Reserve Bank of New Zealand sees a central bank digital currency (CBDC) as a “solution” to the ongoing reduction in cash usage. The bank will open up public consultations regarding a CBDC and the new digital money like stablecoins. In a July 7 statement, the Reserve Bank of New Zealand announced releasing a set…

    Binance’s CEO admits ‘compliance is a journey’ amid the growing regulatory crackdown worldwide

    Binance CEO Changpeng “CZ” Zhao posted an open letter outlining Binance’s plans regarding the current crypto regulatory landscape, which followed the rise of the global regulation pressure on Binance. “Binance has grown very quickly and we haven’t always got everything exactly right, but we are learning and improving every day,” Zhao said in a blog…

    China’s central bank is ‘worried’ about global risks from stablecoins
    10 Jul 2021
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    China’s central bank deputy governor said the bank is “quite worried” about risks from private digital currencies, particularly so-called stablecoins, such as Tether, while China is testing its own digital yuan. According to CNBC translation, Fan Yifei of the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) has voiced concern that digital currencies pegged to a fiat currency…

    CBDC and communism: why China was the first of economic giants to launch its own digital currency
    10 Jul 2021
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    Central bank digital currencies (CBDC) are a promising tool that will enable people to make payments quickly, inexpensively and without intermediaries. That is precisely why now the central banks of the world’s leading countries are conducting research and development, making plans to create their own digital currencies. However, the process doesn’t look particularly fast-rolling yet:…

    Kazakhstan will tax crypto mining since 2022
    08 Jul 2021
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    The Kazakhstan authority has introduced a new law regarding cryptocurrency mining taxation. The officials published a statement saying that the signed law is expected to come into effect in January 2022 and to generate billions of tenge to the national budget. Kazakhstan joins Iran in taxing the mining industry, given the lucrative potential for business….

    US financial watchdog FinCEN hires first-ever chief digital currency advisor
    08 Jul 2021
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    The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has hired Michele Korver, previously of the Digital Currency Council in the U.S. Department of Justice, to serve as the agency’s first chief digital currency adviser (DCA). Korver, who has been involved in crypto-related Anti-Money Laundering (AML) operations since 2013, will advise FinCEN acting director Michael Mosier regarding cryptocurrency’s…