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The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Joins Forces With MIT For Digital Currency Research

August 14, 2020 @ 10:21 am By Samantha Hurst |

The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston announced on Thursday it has formed a multi-year partnership with the Digital Currency Initiative at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) for research related to a central bank digital currency. According to the organization, this research project will explore… Read More

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US Federal Reserve Confirms it has No Concrete Plans to Launch Digital Currency, but Might be Ready when it’s Necessary

July 22, 2020 @ 11:36 pm By Omar Faridi |

The US Federal Reserve has confirmed on multiple occasions that it has no immediate or concrete plans to introduce its own digital currency. However, Robert Bench, the Assistant VP working in the secure payments group at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, said that the… Read More

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