Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB), the successor of KGB, agreed with the Central Bank of Russia that cryptocurrencies should not be allowed as means of payments on the territory…
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Sweden Begins Testing Europe’s First Central Bank Digital Currency
The Riksbank of Sweden is starting to test Europe’s first central bank digital currency (CBDC), they said in a statement made Wednesday. The Swedish central bank says the goal…
Bahamian Central Bank to Roll Out Digital Currency in H2 2020
Another tropical island country is set to get its own digital currency. The Bahamas’ Central Bank governor John Rolle yesterday confirmed that the digital Bahamian dollar will be rolled…
Japanese Ruling Party Lawmakers Push For Crypto Yen Launch
Reports are emerging that Japan has been urged to accelerate its central bank digital currency development in order to compete with China. Crypto Yen in 2020? According to Reuters…
Bank of Korea Sees No Reason for Central Bank Digital Currency
Bank of Korea sees no need to generate a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC), an official shared the regulator’s position. Despite the overwhelming presence of cryptocurrency projects in South…
Federal Reserve Considers ‘FedCoin’ Digital Currency – Bitcoinist.com
The US Federal Reserve (Fed) is the latest major central bank to consider issuing its own digital currency. Last month, its European, British, and Japanese counterparts formed a group…
Central Bank Crypto Still 10 Years Away, Says Former ECB Vice President
Former Banque de France governor, Christian Noyer, suggested that a consumer-focused central bank digital currency (CBDC) could still be 10 years away, despite current interest from over 50 central…
Building a Simple Rest API with Go
Photo by Philipp Katzenberger on Unsplash After recently joining Central Tech, I was given my first project: implement a new product creation and querying API in Go. I took…
How a Crypto Cold War Could Arise From Central Bank Competition
Last year social media giant Facebook put the world’s central banks into a panic with its crypto currency ambitions. This year they are scrambling to launch their own digital…
Debugging Has_Many, Through Relationships in Ruby on Rails
Working with model associations can be difficult. While building my mock Central Perk, Ruby on Rails application. has_many and belongs_to relationships made sense, but the addition to many-to-many— has_many…