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Greg!!! I’m up at 230 am pacific and the 10 year is shitting the bed!!!! Gulp

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November 16, SEC chief Clayton to call it quits at the end of 2020

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-sec-clayton/sec-chief-clayton-to-call-it-quits-at-the-end-of-2020-idUSKBN27W1IQ

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BIS Working Papers No 902 An early stablecoin? The Bank of Amsterdam and the governance of money

Summary

Trust is the bedrock of a sound monetary system. This paper examines the rise and fall of the Bank of Amsterdam (1609-1820) to gain insights on the central bank underpinnings of money. It sheds light on the governance of digital currencies. ... This holds lessons for the governance of digital money.

https://www.bis.org/publ/work902.pdf

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A central bank task force will soon present results on the introduction of digital money, announces ECB President Christine Lagarde. ... The EU Commission will present its proposal for a legal and regulatory framework for crypto currencies in two weeks. ... Where the financial market stability is endangered, the crypto-currencies must be forbidden. Only the ECB could issue a currency in the euro zone. Only a strict regulation could make this possible. Stablecoins would have to be tied to the euro or another EU currency in a one-to-one ratio. Reserves deposited as security would have to be deposited with a credit institution in the EU and be denominated in EU currency.

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https://www.faz.net/aktuell/finanzen/digital-bezahlen/ezb-macht-ernst-mit-dem-digitalen-euro-16948999.html?utm_campaign=GEPC%253Ds6&utm_content=buffer4ab75&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com

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CBDC ::: Central Bank Digital Currencies: foundational principles and core features // in a series of collaborations from a group of central banks FED; ECB BIS etc.

https://www.bis.org/publ/othp33.pdf

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