Cryptocurrency and digital currency news
The crypto news items listed below are digital currency-related news headlines, reported by online news media across October 2020.
Headlines listed here link you directly to each cryptocurrency-related news article that each headline was drawn from, connecting you to each crypto news source, journalist and online news platform the article was developed by.
Cryptocurrency news items featured are not specific to a country, location or jurisdiction; our aim with the October 2020 digital currency news summary is to connect readers with global crypto knowledge, reference points, cryptocurrency research and simple food for thought on the many impacts that digital currency is likely to have.
- Bitcoin: The search for Satoshi Nakamoto – a brief profile of 7 people, any of whom might be behind the creation of Bitcoin
- ICYMI: Central Bank of the Bahamas ‘Sand Dollar’ state-backed digital currency is now available nationwide, making it the first official CBDC globally
- ICYMI: Atari Group, company behind video games including Pac-Man and Pong, to commence sale of Atari Token cryptocurrency in early November
- ICYMI: Square digital payments firm buys 4709 Bitcoin as part of its investment strategy at a cost of $50M, backing it as ‘an instrument of global economic empowerment’
- ICYMI: US Dept of Justice releases ‘Cryptocurrency: An Enforcement Framework’ document, roadmap for policing the cryptocurrency landscape
- Japan’s SBI Group and Switzerland’s Sygnum Group establish early-stage fund for digital asset opportunities in SEA and Europe
- ICYMI: PayPal launches new service enabling users to buy, hold and sell cryptocurrency
- ICYMI: Coinbase, US digital currency exchange, to launch Coinbase Card cryptocurrency debit card in the US for retail spending
- ICYMI: JPMorgan creates new business unit, Onyx, for blockchain projects, following inaugural commercial use of JPMCoin digital currency
- An opinion piece on the future of money, from eToro CEO: “…indelibly inscribed on-chain and distributed globally at scale”
- Australia: ‘Retail Central Bank Digital Currency – Design Considerations and Rationales’, a speech by the Reserve Bank of Australia’s Head of Payments Policy
- Cambodia: Central bank rolls out Bakong digital currency, built on blockchain tech designed by Japan’s Soramitsu
- China: 50,000 residents of Shenzhen to receive over $1.5M worth of the upcoming digital yuan as part of public trials, with 3389 outlets reportedly participating
- Australia: Initial coin offerings and crypto-assets – guidance information from the Australia Securities and Investments Commission
- China: 11 gas stations in Shenzen now reportedly accepting digital yuan as part of ongoing pilot scheme, with or without internet connection
- China: Wallets for holding China’s central bank digital currency are already being counterfeited, says head of CBDC research institute
- India: Unocoin cryptocurrency raises funds from VC Tim Draper, with sights on decentralized finance and more
- Japan: LINE Corporation, best known for its messaging app, to launch blockchain platform allowing central banks to develop digital currencies
- Japan: Pro footballer launches his own KSK Honda Coin cryptocurrency to boost fan engagement, in partnership with Rally blockchain platform
- ICYMI: Audius blockchain-based music platform distributes 50M AUDIO tokens to its top 10K artists and fans, including deadmau5 and Skrillex
- China: Central bank digital currency trials of ‘digital yuan’ set for toy vending machines that accept cashless payments, reportedly in preparaton for 2022 Olympics
- ICYMI: European Central Bank’s report on a proposed digital euro currency
- CBDCs: ‘Central bank digital currencies – foundational principles and core features’ collaborative report released by central banks of 6 nations
- Japan: At least 18 prefectures hit by extortion attempts demanding bitcoin
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