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IMF Lowers Forecast for Global Economic Growth After Banking Crises

IMF Lowers Forecast for Global Economic Growth After Banking Crises
IMF Lowers Forecast for Global Economic Growth After Banking Crises
April 11, 2023  |  Economy

Lingering effects of the pandemic and new pressures from banking crises are impacting economic growth. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...

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International CBDC Aims to Unify Fragmented Digital Currency Landscape
International CBDC Aims to Unify Fragmented Digital Currency Landscape
April 11, 2023  |  Payment Methods

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Today in Crypto: Coinbase Touts ML Site Security; Voyager Creditors Against Granting Firm Execs Immunity
Today in Crypto: Coinbase Touts ML Site Security; Voyager Creditors Against Granting Firm Execs Immunity
October 13, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Coinbase has touted its machine learning team’s ability to develop modeling techniques to find bad actors, keeping users’ accounts safe, a company blog said. Get...

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IMF Warns Global Growth Weighed Down by Economic Trifecta 
IMF Warns Global Growth Weighed Down by Economic Trifecta 
October 11, 2022  |  Economy

An economic trifecta of runaway inflation, Russia’s war on Ukraine and pandemic after-effects lingering from China are leading to gloomy projections of slow global growth...

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Fitch Says Bond Buy Won’t Lower El Salvador’s Default Risk
Fitch Says Bond Buy Won’t Lower El Salvador’s Default Risk
September 23, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

El Salvador has repurchased more than $500 million of its bonds at a huge discount, but that may not lessen its risk of a default...

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CBDC Weekly: Digital Dollar Project Starts Sandbox; IMF Pushes for Cross-Border Platform; India Plans Live Pilot
CBDC Weekly: Digital Dollar Project Starts Sandbox; IMF Pushes for Cross-Border Platform; India Plans Live...
September 06, 2022  |  CBDC

The U.S. Digital Dollar Project (DDP) has announced plans to create a technical sandbox where members and financial services providers can experiment with a U.S....

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IMF Staffers Favor Platform for X-Border Payments, Crypto Regulation
IMF Staffers Favor Platform for X-Border Payments, Crypto Regulation
September 01, 2022  |  Cross-border Payments

International Monetary Fund (IMF) staffers are reportedly advocating for a global platform for cross-border payments and for regulations of cryptocurrencies. Get the Full Story Complete...

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El Salvador Weekly: Finance Minister Insists Bitcoin Losses Are Only on Paper
El Salvador Weekly: Finance Minister Insists Bitcoin Losses Are Only on Paper
June 17, 2022  |  Bitcoin

On June 10, El Salvador was down about $38.1 million on its bitcoin investment. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...

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