# Mainstream DeFi is ‘inevitable’: US currency comptroller

# Mainstream DeFi is ‘inevitable’: US currency comptroller

“# Mainstream DeFi is ‘inevitable’: US currency comptroller ” The U.S acting comptroller of the currency, Brian Brooks, predicts th decentralized finance (DeFi) will render many of the financial services offered by banks obsolete, just as email disrupted the postal service. In an interview during DC Fintech Week on Oct. 19, Brooks predicted a not-too-distant…

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# Pomp says US digital dollar needs to happen now

# Pomp says US digital dollar needs to happen now

“# Pomp says US digital dollar needs to happen now ” Recent comments from Jerome Powell, the chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve, show the American government is not especially concerned with speed when it comes to developing a central bank digital currency, or CBDC. In contrast, Morgan Creek Digital co-founder Anthony Pompliano argues that time…

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# Leaders of global CBDC projects talk shop in panel today

# Leaders of global CBDC projects talk shop in panel today

“# Leaders of global CBDC projects talk shop in panel today ” As part of DC Fintech Week, a digital conference on the governmental side of the financial technology sector, several international leaders gathered for an Oct. 19 panel called: Central Banks, CBDCs and Cryptoeconomics.  “I don’t see technological barriers in this area, but I do…

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# Getting the story straight: Blockchain to curb fake news

# Getting the story straight: Blockchain to curb fake news

“# Getting the story straight: Blockchain to curb fake news ” With the United States Presidential Election set for next month, the concern over fake news has once again dominated public discourse. Fake news — the deliberate spreading of verifiably false information under the disguise of being an authentic news story ­— not only undermines…

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