CBDCs
Survival Race of South Korean Exchanges; Ethereum Powers Digital Passports in HK
50 of 60 crypto exchanges in South Korea race to apply for Information Security Management System (ISMS), the first step to an official VASP license. ASEAN Financial Innovation Network (AFIN) and R3 to launch CBDC sandbox. Hong Kong meets Ethereum-powered COVID-19 digital passports. More on that story and other news shaping the cryptocurrency and blockchain world in this episode of "The Daily Forkast."

Congressional Hearings on Crypto Are Ramping Up
CoinDesk’s Nikhilesh De has vital takeaways from the latest congressional hearings on central bank digital currencies (CBDCs). Plus, discussions around crypto and ransomware between President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin’s summit in Geneva.

Morgan Stanley afferma che l'euro digitale potrebbe esaurire i depositi bancari dell'8%: rapporto
I paesi più piccoli, come Grecia, Lettonia, Lituania ed Estonia, sarebbero i più colpiti.

China Starts Testing Digital Yuan for Salary Payments
China’s Xiong’an New Area, a district located approximately 60 miles southwest of Beijing and a testing ground for new economic ideas, will start allowing digital yuan for wage payments. “The Hash” team unpacks China’s ongoing pilot programs around the digital yuan and their possible impact on the global central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) markets.

House Financial Services Committee to Hold Hearing on Central Bank Digital Currency
Several crypto-related hearings are scheduled in the U.S. Congress this month. The first is being held Tuesday by the House of Financial Services Committee regarding central bank digital currencies (CBDCs). The White House is also reportedly unveiling a national strategy for countering domestic terrorism.

The Case for Digital Dollar
Joining “First Mover” is Stanford Graduate School of Business Professor of Finance Darrell Duffie, who testified at the recent Senate Banking Committee hearing on central bank digital currencies (CBDCs.

Un sondaggio della BIS rivela che le banche centrali sono interessate ai turisti e ai non residenti che utilizzano le prossime CBDC
“Le banche centrali stanno valutando una serie di accordi [multi-CBDC]”, hanno scritto i ricercatori della BRI.

La Banca centrale brasiliana posticipa di due anni la data obiettivo per la CBDC
La BCB ha affermato che i tempi necessari per la creazione di una CBDC dipendono dall'evoluzione dei suoi progetti attuali e dal panorama internazionale.

La Banca centrale nigeriana potrebbe lanciare un progetto pilota di valuta digitale nel 2021
Un funzionario della banca centrale ha affermato che la Nigeria sta studiando le CBDC da due anni.

