A esto se lo conoce como blockchain con permisos, porque solo una cierta cantidad de entidades específicas pueden acceder y/o modificar la blockchain. Además, las entidades centrales controlan quién puede acceder a la blockchain y qué pueden hacer en ella. Por ejemplo, la entidad central puede decidir que Alice solo puede leer la blockchain, mientras que Bob puede leerla y modificarla. Source
Chinese central bank governor Yi Gang, in a recent speech at Hong Kong Fintech Week, talked about the progress of their national digital currency called the digital yuan. He outlined the progress and the adoption of the national digital currency. During his speech, Yi noted that the digital yuan is being positioned as an alternative to cash in China, a country with a robust digital payment infrastructure. He added that “privacy protection is one of the top of the issue on our agenda.” He went on to describe the two-layer…
India’s central bank, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), is launching its first digital rupee pilot on Nov. 1. with the participation of nine banks. “Settlement in central bank money would reduce transaction costs by pre-empting the need for settlement guarantee infrastructure or for collateral to mitigate settlement risk,” said the central bank. RBI’s First CBDC Pilot Starts Nov. 1 India’s central bank, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), announced Monday that “The first pilot in the digital rupee — wholesale segment (e₹-W) shall commence on November 1, 2022.” The…
He explained that is accomplished via the fact that “transaction-related data is encrypted for storage,” “entities and individuals are prohibited from arbitrary inquiry or information usage without rigorous legal authorization” and that China’s central bank keeps “small-amount soft wallets and hard wallets to meet the need for small-value anonymous transactions, both online and offline.” Source
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is on track to debut a central bank digital currency (CBDC) after announcing its digital rupee project in February. The central bank of India will launch the digital rupee pilot for the wholesale segment on Nov. 1, the RBI announced on Oct. 31. The pilot will involve nine locally operating banks, including the biggest Indian bank, the State Bank of India. According to a report by Reuters, other banks in the pilot will also include Bank of Baroda, Union Bank of India, HDFC Bank, ICICI…
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The central bank of Thailand is not going to rush with the launch of its digital currency as it’s not yet sure about the benefits it would bring. According to the head of the monetary authority, the development of the state-issued coin may take several years. Thailand’s Central Bank Wants to Better Understand Risks of Central Bank Digital Currency The Bank of Thailand (BOT) intends to take more time to complete the development of its retail central bank digital currency (CBDC). The monetary policy regulator aims to ensure that this…
A new study by Fidelity Digital Assets, a subsidiary of financial giant Fidelity Investments, shows that 58% of institutional investors surveyed invested in digital assets in the first half of this year and 74% plan to invest in the future. Fidelity’s Institutional Investor Digital Assets Study Fidelity Digital Assets, a subsidiary of financial giant Fidelity Investments, released its fourth annual “Institutional Investor Digital Assets Study” Thursday. The study features a blind survey conducted between Jan. 2 and June 24. A total of 1,052 institutional investors in the U.S. (410), Europe…
In this issue of Money Reimagined, Michael Casey delves into the potential that innovative crypto insurance providers have to, on the one hand, address real-world risk management challenges and, on the other, foster practices that bring some stability, security and adoption to decentralized finance. Source