BIS and Bank of England complete CBDC project

A pilot project involving central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) jointly run by the Bank of England (BoE) and the Bank of International Settlements (BIS).

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UK Lawmakers Seek Official's Appointment to Oversee Crypto Regulations

A group of United Kingdom lawmakers has recommended that the government expedite the crypto regulations' introduction.

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Crypto Trading Should be Regulated as Gambling: UK Lawmakers

A panel of cross-party British lawmakers has recommended trading of 'unbacked crypto assets like Bitcoin and Ether be regulated as gambling.

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Mastercards Europe head defends card fees amid UK regulatory probe

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Stablecoins Need to Be Regulated Like Commercial Bank Money, Bank of England's Andrew Bailey Says

The central bank governor also said regulators can't rule out central bank digital currencies as the U.K. explores a digital pound.

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CBDC Can Be Bridging Asset Between Bitcoin, TradFi: Bank of England

Can CBDCs and Bitcoin ever coexist? The Bank of Englands CBDC lead Katie Fortune thinks so. Asked during a panel at the Citi Digital Money Symposium about how potential state-issued central bank digital currencies CBDCs would coexist with Bitcoin or asset-backed stablecoins, Fortune said that the BoE sees a mixed ecosystem of different forms of []

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