BOE governor trashes crypto, stablecoins in favor of ‘enhanced digital money’

    A retail CBDC or “enhanced” digital money would support the singleness of money and settlement finality, Andrew Bailey said, but crypto isn’t money. Andrew Bailey, a Bank of England (BOE) governor, delivered a speech July 10 in which he moved smoothly from the central bank’s efforts to control inflation and maintain public trust in financial institutions to why…

    BoE fintech head says crypto doesn’t ‘fulfill any of the functions of money’

    At a recent event, Tom Mutton, the Bank of England’s head of fintech, touted the privacy benefits of CBDCs while denouncing the anonymity of cryptocurrencies. The Bank of England’s director of fintech, Tom Hutton, recently spoke out on the United Kingdom’s plans to institute a central bank digital currency (CBDC) at the Crypto and Digital…

    Bank of England answers professionals’ questions about upcoming CBDC wallet

    The Bank of England answered more than 70 questions from applicants who wish to win over the $244,000 contract. Companies that applied to win over the $244,000 contract to develop a central bank digital currency (CBDC) wallet proof-of-concept (PoC) for the Bank of England (BOE) provided questions about the project. In response, the central bank…

    British Regulators vs Cryptocurrencies: What is Happening?

    The Deputy Governor of the Bank of England has recently called cryptocurrencies a “threat” requiring “urgent action” to address it. It is not the first sign that the UK may become a firm outpost for crypto-skeptics. Jon Cunliffe, the Deputy Governor of the Bank of England, claimed that cryptocurrencies pose threats to the entire financial…