Ray Dalio said Bitcoin lacks privacy and its transparency is why central banks will not hold it. Bridgewater Associates founder Ray Dalio posted on X on May 11 that Bitcoin’s public ledger is the core reason central banks are unlikely…

Travelex Bank, the first foreign exchange bank approved by Brazil’s Central Bank, is expanding its use of Ripple Payments for instant cross-border settlement, as the US Faster Payments Council separately names Ripple among the key innovators driving G20 domestic payments…

This week banks and crypto lobbyists may reach a compromise on stablecoin yield payments, according to U.S. Senator Tim Scott. Currently, the Senate’s crypto market structure bill progress remains stalled. Speaking at a crypto lobby event in Washington, Scott, who…

Mārtiņš Kazāks, Governor of Latvijas Banka, has outlined specific measures that could raise Latvia’s economic growth rate to 4–5%, effectively doubling its current pace. In an interview with LETA, Kazāks said that Latvia could achieve such growth by implementing several relatively straightforward steps that have long been discussed but not fully executed. Kazāks noted that […]

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German central bank president Joachim Nagel said he sees “merit in euro-denominated stablecoins,” and argues that they could serve as a cheaper and more efficient means for cross-border payments by both firms and individuals. During his speech at the New…

MANILA — Cash remittances rose 4.2% in December from a year ago to $3.5 billion, the Philippine central bank said on Monday. For 2025, cash remittances through banks increased 3.3% to hit an all-time high of $35.6 billion. —Reporting by Karen Lema; Editing by John Mair

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