Cryptocurrencies Archives

Nigeria could launch pilot digital currency by year-end – central bank

By Camillus Eboh ABUJA, June 18 (Reuters) – Nigeria’s Central Bank is preparing a digital currency pilot that could launch as early as the end of this year, its director of information technology said in a recording heard by Reuters on Friday.

UPDATE 1-Spain’s BBVA opens Bitcoin trading service to clients in Switzerland

(Adds details and gives context) MADRID, June 18 (Reuters) – Spain’s BBVA said on Friday said it was launching a bitcoin trading service for private banking clients in Switzerland interested in digital asset investment.

Index publisher MSCI looking at launch of crypto indexes

By Aaron Saldanha June 16 (Reuters) – Global securities index publisher MSCI is looking at launching indexes for cryptocurrency assets, according to Chief Executive Henry Fernandez, in what would be another step towards mainstream acceptance for digital currencies and the companies trading in them.

More people view crypto assets as acceptable investment, says UK watchdog

By Huw Jones LONDON, June 17 (Reuters) – More people see crypto assets as a mainstream investment rather than a “gamble” as ownership of bitcoin and similar crypto currencies has risen to 2.3 millon adults in Britain this year, the Financial Conduct Authority said on Thursday.

UPDATE 5-World Bank rejects El Salvador request for help on bitcoin implementation

(Adds Salvadoran government’s no immediate response) By Nelson Renteria and Rodrigo Campos SAN SALVADOR/NEW YORK, June 16 (Reuters) – The World Bank said on Wednesday it could not assist El Salvador’s bitcoin implementation given environmental and transparency drawbacks.

World Bank says it cannot assist El Salvador bitcoin implementation

NEW YORK, June 16 (Reuters) – The World Bank said on Wednesday it cannot assist El Salvador’s bitcoin implementation given environmental and transparency shortcomings.

WORLD BANK SAYS IS COMMITTED TO HELPING EL SALVADOR INCLUDING FOR CURRENCY TRANSPARENCY, REGULATORY PROCESSES

WORLD BANK SAYS CANNOT ASSIST EL SALVADOR BITCOIN IMPLEMENTATION GIVEN ENVIRONMENTAL, TRANSPARENCY SHORTCOMINGS

FOREX-Dollar steady as traders await Fed announcement

* U.S. dollar index about flat on day * Sterling ticks higher on surprise inflation surge (Updates prices, market activity, comments to U.S.

Nearly all UK financial advisers shun crypto and ‘meme stocks’ – Opinium

By Tom Wilson LONDON, June 16 (Reuters) – More than nine in ten independent financial advisers (IFAs) in Britain would never recommend cryptocurrencies or so-called meme stocks to their clients, an Opinium poll showed on Wednesday.