Sarah Breeden, CBDC Working Group Member, Appointed Bank of England Deputy Governor
The U.K. closed a consultation on a digital pound in June, something the bank thinks is likely needed.
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Aug 1, 2023 at 4:28 p.m. UTC
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Payments Platform Nuggets Working With Bank of England on Privacy Layer for Digital Pound
The BofE said in February that a digital pound was likely needed, but that it will not make a decision on issuing one until at least 2025.
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Jul 5, 2023 at 2:00 p.m. UTC
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Central Banks Successfully Test Over 30 CBDC Use Cases, Including Offline Payments
An API layer could facilitate a wide range of central bank digital currency payment scenarios, a Bank for International Settlements and Bank of England experiment has shown.
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Jun 16, 2023 at 9:00 a.m. UTC
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BoE Considers Limits on Stablecoin Payments as Parliament Debates New Crypto Rules
The Bank of England plans on releasing a consultation proposal by the end of the year, Jon Cunliffe said at Innovate Finance’s annual global summit.
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Apr 17, 2023 at 4:17 p.m. UTC
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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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Apr 12, 2023 at 3:03 p.m. UTC
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Bank of England Targets 30-Strong Team for Digital Currency: Report
Among the positions available are digital pound security architect and digital pound solutions architect.
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Apr 9, 2023 at 12:34 p.m. UTC
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DLT Not Efficient Enough to Power CBDCs: BOE’s Cunliffe
The Bank of England is experimenting with tokenizing assets for real estate sales as well as developing a digital pound, lawmakers were told.
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Feb 28, 2023 at 1:19 p.m. UTC
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Here Comes ‘Britcoin’
The Bank of England and HM Treasury take another step towards a U.K. CBDC.
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Feb 8, 2023 at 8:04 p.m. UTC
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Don't Call It 'Britcoin': Digital Pound Nothing Like Crypto, Bank of England Official Says
The central bank has made no decision on whether a digital pound would use distributed ledger technology, Deputy Governor Jon Cunliffe said.
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Feb 7, 2023 at 4:44 p.m. UTC
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Bitcoin Holding Steady Near $23K
The Crypto Trader author Glen Goodman discusses his outlook for bitcoin (BTC) as the largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization holds firm at around $23,000 following a s...
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Feb 7, 2023 at 3:59 p.m. UTC
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