China to pass cryptography law in preparation for launching digital currency

China is treating blockchain technology as a foundational building block for future science and technology innovations. Late on Saturday, in a development that marks China gearing up to launch its own digital currency, the country’s rubber stamp parliament passed a new law on cryptography, reported state media late on Saturday. In 2014, China’s central bank…

Banks should deepen their commitment to instant payments to avoid alternatives such as Bitcoin: ECB’s Yves Mersch.

Although crypto currencies are yet to go mainstream, the fantastic appreciation of the value of the Bitcoin is pushing many central banks to issue their own digital currency. On Thursday, Yves Mersch, a member of the European Central Bank’s executive board stated, if banks were to speed up the introduction of instant payments it would…