Fedcoin Rising
The idea of a government-sponsored digital currency has been around for quite some time. See, for example, the unconfirmed rumors reported in a March, 2013 discussion on the Bitcointalk forum titled "Fedcoin: A centrally-issued alternative to peer-to-peer currencies." Now U. S. economists are taking it seriously. On February 3, David Andolfatto, Vice....
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What makes Bitcoin better than fiat currency? The ease of transactions, the speed at which transactions can be executed irrespective of the beneficiary’s geographical location and capability of making payments over mobile device are some of the features that make Bitcoin better than digital currency. However, there is an issue of price volatility. Even though the fluctuation of price has spread across a few dollars in the recent days, it is volatile nevertheless. The government and central banks want to integrate bitcoin like capabilities to their fiat currency while protecting it from....
Would a central bank ever issue its own cryptocurrency? While the verdict may still be out, a new report by professional services giant Deloitte explores how it might go about doing so. Entitled "State-Sponsored Cryptocurrency: Adapting the best of Bitcoin's Innovation to the Payments Ecosystem", the report envisions a bitcoin-like system in which financial institutions act as uncompensated miners for a ledger governed by a central bank. The idea of a central bank-backed cryptocurrency has been floated in the past, as shown by concepts like Fedcoin and comments by the central bank of....
The Bitcoin community is eagerly awaiting announcements of bitcoin and digital currency regulations from Central Banks of their respective nations. Most of the Central Banks so far published advisories regarding risks involved with digital currency transactions and watching the sector develop. One of the "Big Four" professional services firms, Deloitte has recently published a report titled "State-Sponsored Cryptocurrency: Adapting the best of Bitcoin's Innovation to the Payments Ecosystem". In this report, Deloitte outlines the possibility of financial institutions using bitcoin like....