That Decoupling Sound: China, the US and a Year of CBDCs
This year China and the U.S. faced off over trade and technology bans. But the battler for monetary hegemony has only just begun.
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In the last few days, bitcoin has shown the beginnings of a long-awaited decoupling point.
Binance CEO Changpeng "CZ" Zhao says there is room for CBDCs and crypto, and that he didn't see it as a threat to his company or the sector. Binance CEO Changpeng "CZ" Zhao appears to have softened his stance on central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), arguing in a conference that he doesn’t think CBDCs are a threat to his company or the crypto sector. CZ spoke at the Web Summit in Lisbon on Nov. 2 about CBDCs and their role in the crypto industry.The Binance boss said that CBDCs would validate blockchain technology and build trust among those with concerns about the technology,....
Bitcoin price has rallied more than $300 intraday, meanwhile, the S&P 500 has fallen almost ten basis points in the same time period. Is this the fabled stock market crypto “decoupling” that analysts claimed was coming, or is this just an anomaly before a return to the ongoing correlation between the vastly two different markets […]
Central banks have been responding to the rise of Bitcoin with the introduction of central bank digital currencies, or CBDCs. Thus far, movement on this front has been somewhat slow. Save for China, most central banks are still in the ideation phase, or are looking more into how a CBDC would affect their economy and […]
Upbeat Bobby Lee? I managed to catch Bobby Lee, CEO of BTC China, on the phone yesterday to talk about Bitcoin's situation in China. What is the situation with the PBOC (People's Bank of China) and Bitcoin in China? The PBOC secretly ordered payment processors and banks to dissociate themselves from Bitcoin exchanges. There was nothing in writing, just pressure exerted on them. As the number 1 exchange in China, we are examining our options. There are many available. Do you plan on moving BTC China abroad? I cannot tell you what our next move is, but we are not ruling anything out. You do....