Tech giant Amazon is looking to dive into digital currency and blockchain development with a new major hire within its payment-focused team.Amazon’s payments acceptance and experience team is seeking a digital currency and blockchain product lead to developing the company’s strategy of digital currency and blockchain as well as a product roadmap. The team is responsible for … [Read more...] about Amazon seeks new exec to oversee digital currency strategy
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Irish firm Accenture to oversee 5 ‘digital dollar’ pilots in the U.S.
The Digital Dollar Project, a non-profit organization co-founded by former Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CTFC) chairman Christopher Giancarlo, plans to launch five pilot programs focused on central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) within the next 12 months, a report by Reuters said yesterday.As FRB Chairman Powell has said, the goal is to get a US #CBDC right, not to be … [Read more...] about Irish firm Accenture to oversee 5 ‘digital dollar’ pilots in the U.S.