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CBDC Debate Heats Up: BIS Project Sparks Controversy Among Critics; Lynette Zang Warns of Dangers of CBDCs

CBDC Debate Heats Up: BIS Project Sparks Controversy Among Critics; Lynette Zang Warns of Dangers of CBDCsDuring the weekend, discussions about central bank digital currencies, or CBDCs, trended on social media as many people believe the idea will result in increased financial surveillance and a totalitarian monetary system. In a recent interview, Lynette Zang, the chief market analyst at ITM Trading, warned that CBDCs will “take the world into a full […]

Ripple’s Legal Chief Urges Congress to Regulate Crypto Practices, Not Technology

Danske Bank Lowers Negative Rate Threshold, Denmark’s Business Minister Says ‘Enough is Enough’

Danske Bank Lowers Negative Rate Threshold,  Denmark’s Business Minister Says ‘Enough is Enough’On April 26, 2021, the Danish multinational banking and financial services corporation Danske Bank published a press release explaining that the institution has changed the threshold for personal customers and standard interest rates for business customers in Denmark. The Bank plans to lower the threshold for charging negative interest on deposits from DKK 100,000 to […]

Ripple’s Legal Chief Urges Congress to Regulate Crypto Practices, Not Technology

The Global Economy Comes Before Savers: ECB President Christine Lagarde Defends Negative Interest Rates

The Global Economy Comes Before Savers: ECB President Christine Lagarde Defends Negative Interest RatesThe European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde is keeping the central bank’s monetary easing policies unchanged according to her statements from a press conference last Thursday. Moreover, the central bank’s Twitter account recently shared a video of Lagarde defending negative interest rates, as the bank’s President stresses that they “support companies and people in the […]

Ripple’s Legal Chief Urges Congress to Regulate Crypto Practices, Not Technology