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Juan Agustín D’Attellis Noguera, Director of the Argentina Central Bank, supports developing a local CBDC. The Minister of Economy, Sergio Massa, brought the initiative, aiming to create a CBDC to solve the country’s complex economic situation. D’Attellis Noguera said creating a local CBDC could help stabilize the Argentine economy. Noguera stated: “By having traceability of operations with a digital currency because it is not known who does them, but there is evidence that they were done, you broaden the tax base. This will allow you to raise more without having to raise taxes and even lower them.” You might also like: Worldcoin breaks an all-time high user record in Argentina Noguera said that the CBDC could help to improve the local monetary system. He added that the digital peso will be introduced gradually and coexist with cash, aiming to replace fiat currency. Massa, the current Minister of Economy and presidential candidate, said th...

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed the digital ruble bill into law on July 24. President Vladimir Putin had given his official approval, signing the digital ruble bill into law, and thus, putting Russia on track with its central bank digital currency (CBDC) implementation plan. Based on an official governmental statement, the digital ruble law is set to come into operation from August 1, 2023, with all rules except for one due for enforcement. The one rule that was not immediately enforced pertained to amendments to multiple federal laws in Russia, encompassing inheritance and bankruptcy. These adjustments are set to be operational from August 2024. The legislative development in August allows the Russian central bank the power to launch the first real consumer CBDC pilot. This initial expectation had been for trials to kick off in April, involving collaboration with 13 local banks, with Sberbank, Russia’s biggest bank, among them. In line with the law that was jus...

Two lawmakers in one week weighed in against the possibility of a United States central bank digital currency. Two lawmakers in one week weighed in against the possibility of a United States central bank digital currency (CBDC). Florida Governor Ron DeSantis — expected by many to throw his hat into the ring for the 2024 U.S. presidential race — has called for a ban on a digital dollar in the state. DeSantis spoke out against the Federal Reserve issuing and controlling a CBDC, claiming the initiative would grant “more power” to the government.  Texas Senator Ted Cruz went even further, introducing a bill to block the Fed from launching a “direct-to-consumer” central bank digital currency. Cruz stated it’s “more important than ever” to ensure U.S. policy on digital currencies protects “financial privacy, maintains the dollar ’s dominance and cultivates innovation.” The anti- CBDC bill is a second attempt by Senators Cruz, Braun and Grassley, who introduced a similar bill on March 30, ...

Ted Cruz said it is “more important than ever” to ensure the financial privacy of American citizens is preserved. Republican Senator Ted Cruz has introduced a bill to block the United States Federal Reserve from launching a “direct-to-consumer” central bank digital currency (CBDC). In a March 21 statement, Cruz said he introduced the bill to prevent the Fed from developing a retail CBDC “which could be used as a financial surveillance tool by the federal government.” Cruz stated it’s “more important than ever” to ensure U.S. policy on digital currencies protects “financial privacy, maintain’s the dollar’s dominance and cultivates innovation,” and added: “CBDCs that fail to adhere to these three basic principles could enable an entity like the Federal Reserve to mobilize itself into a retail bank, collect personally identifiable information on users, and track their transactions indefinitely.” Cruz claimed the federal government has “no authority to unilaterally establish” a CBDC. “We ...

The goal of the new state-supported institution is to speed up the country’s industry through blockchain technology. Despite its ongoing crackdown on crypto, China continues to embrace blockchain technology — up to the point of launching the National Blockchain Technology Innovation Center in the capital city of Beijing.  According to the China Daily’s report from Feb. 8, the Center will create a research network with the local universities, think tanks and Blockchain businesses to carry out the inquiries into core Blockchain technologies. The fruits of this research will be used for further digitalization of China and, as emphasized in the report, its industry in particular. In charge of the new institution is the Beijing Academy of Blockchain and Edge Computing (BABEC) — an entity most famous for the development of Chang’an Chain or ChainMaker blockchain. This blockchain is already backed by an ecosystem of 50 business corporations, most of them — such as China Construction Bank...