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and technically, there already are a myriad of legal definitions of digital currency and the many digital currency sub-types. Combining different possible properties, there exists an extensive number of implementations creating many and numerous sub-types of digital currency. Many governmental jurisdictions have implemented their own unique definition for digital currency, virtual currency, cryptocurrency, e-money, network money, e-cash, and other types of digital currency. Within any specific government jurisdiction, different agencies and regulators define different and often conflicting meanings for the different types of digital currency based on the specific properties of a specific currency type or sub-type.
272:' November 2015 "Digital currencies" report, it is an asset represented in digital form and having some monetary characteristics. Digital currency can be denominated to a sovereign currency and issued by the issuer responsible to redeem digital money for cash. In that case, digital currency represents electronic money (e-money). Digital currency denominated in its own units of value or with decentralized or automatic issuance will be considered as a virtual currency. As such, bitcoin is a digital currency but also a type of virtual currency. Bitcoin and its alternatives are based on cryptographic algorithms, so these kinds of virtual currencies are also called cryptocurrencies.
1058:, the central bank of the United Kingdom, proposed the abolition of paper currency. The Bank has also taken an interest in blockchain. In 2016 it has embarked on a multi-year research programme to explore the implications of a central bank issued digital currency. The Bank of England has produced several research papers on the topic. One suggests that the economic benefits of issuing a digital currency on a distributed ledger could add as much as 3 percent to a country's economic output. The Bank said that it wanted the next version of the bank's basic software infrastructure to be compatible with distributed ledgers.
121:. However, they do have a physical form in an unclassical sense coming from the computer to computer and computer to human interactions and the information and processing power of the servers that store and keep track of money. This unclassical physical form allows nearly instantaneous transactions over the internet and vastly lowers the cost associated with distributing notes and coins: for example, of the types of money in the UK economy, 3% are notes and coins, and 79% as electronic money (in the form of bank deposits). Usually not issued by a governmental body, virtual currencies are not considered a
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500:, a CBCD is held in the form of tokens. CBDCs are different from regular digital cash forms like in online bank accounts because CBDCs are established through the central bank within a country, with liabilities held by one's government, rather than from a commercial bank. Approximately nine countries have already established a CBDC, with interest in the system increasing highly throughout the world. In these nations, CBDCs have been used as a form of exchange and a way for governments to try to prevent risks from occurring within their
753:. It has gathered input from bitcoin supporters and the financial industry through public hearings and a comment period until 21 October 2014 to customize the rules. The proposal per NY DFS press release "sought to strike an appropriate balance that helps protect consumers and root out illegal activity". It has been criticized by smaller companies to favor established institutions, and Chinese bitcoin exchanges have complained that the rules are "overly broad in its application outside the United States".
265:'s 2015 "Virtual currency schemes – a further analysis" report, virtual currency is a digital representation of value, not issued by a central bank, credit institution or e-money institution, which, in some circumstances, can be used as an alternative to money. In the previous report of October 2012, the virtual currency was defined as a type of unregulated, digital money, which is issued and usually controlled by its developers, and used and accepted among the members of a specific virtual community.
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a pass code → initiate → verify using a passcode. A receiver can initiate a payment request on the system to send the payer a notification or by presenting a QR code. On receiving the request, the payer can decline or confirm the payment using the same two step process: login → confirm → verify. The system is extraordinarily user friendly to the extent that even technophobes and barely literate users are adopting it in huge numbers.
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791:(PBOC), wrote that "the conditions are ripe for digital currencies, which can reduce operating costs, increase efficiency and enable a wide range of new applications". According to Fan Yifei, the best way to take advantage of the situation is for central banks to take the lead, both in supervising private digital currencies and in developing digital legal tender of their own.
650:: As an electronic cash system used in the Netherlands, all ATM cards issued by the Dutch banks had value that could be loaded via Chipknip loading stations. For people without a bank, pre-paid Chipknip cards could be purchased at various locations in the Netherlands. As of 1 January 2015, payment can no longer be made with Chipknip.
1129:, an economist known for his work on monetary and financial economics, "cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin are too volatile to possess the essential attributes of money. Stablecoins have fragile currency pegs that diminish their utility in transactions. And central bank digital currencies are a solution in search of a problem."
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credit cards alone. The electronic currency will be backed by the assets of the
Central Bank of Ecuador", the National Assembly said in a statement. In December 2015, Sistema de Dinero Electrónico ("electronic money system") was launched, making Ecuador the first country with a state-run electronic payment system.
194:-based digital currencies with no central server, and no tangible assets held in reserve. Also known as cryptocurrencies, blockchain-based digital currencies proved resistant to attempt by government to regulate them, because there was no central organization or person with the power to turn them off.
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UPI has no intermediate holding pond for money. It withdraws funds directly from the bank account of the sender and deposits them directly into the recipient's bank account whenever a transaction is requested. A sender can initiate and authorise a transfer using a two step secure process: login using
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Unified Payments Interface (UPI) is a real-time payment system for instant money transfers between any two bank accounts held in participating banks in India. The interface has been developed by the National Payments Corporation of India and is regulated by the Reserve Bank of India. This digital
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Virtual Payment Address (VPA) of the type 'accountID@bankID'. The VPA can be assigned by the bank, but can also be self specified just like an email address. The simplest and most common form of VPA
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gives the government permission to make payments in electronic currency and proposes the creation of a national digital currency. "Electronic money will stimulate the economy; it will be possible to attract more
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system: Launched in 1997 as an electronic purse for public transportation, is the most successful and mature implementation of contactless smart cards used for mass transit payments. After only 5 years, 25 percent of
Octopus card transactions are unrelated to transit, and accepted by more than 160
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launched as a mobile payment system through SMS, which transformed into a social app where friends can pay each other for minor expenses like a cup of coffee, rent and pay a share of the restaurant bill when one has forgotten their wallet. It is popular with college students, but has some security
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Internet money, introduced in 1996, and grew to several million users before the US Government shut it down in 2008. e-gold has been referenced to as "digital currency" by both US officials and academia. In 1997, Coca-Cola offered buying from vending machines using mobile
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Treasury also stated that, "Virtual currency does not have legal-tender status in any jurisdiction."
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Government attitude dictates the tendency among established heavy financial actors that both are risk-averse and conservative. None of these offered services around cryptocurrencies and much of the criticism came from them. "The first mover among these has been
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Chamber of Commerce is backing the move. Nearly a third of the Danish population uses
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LLC will provide enterprise-grade custody solutions, a cryptocurrency trading execution platform and institutional advising services 24 hours a day, seven days a week designed to align with blockchain's always-on trading cycle". It will work with
555:(BIS), "These schemes do not distinguish between users based on location, and therefore allow value to be transferred between users across borders. Moreover, the speed of a transaction is not conditional on the location of the payer and payee."
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system: Oyster is a plastic smartcard that can hold pay-as-you-go credit, Travelcards and Bus & Tram season tickets. An Oyster card can be used to travel on bus, Tube, tram, DLR, London
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whether the Riksbank should issue e-krona directly to the general public or go via the banks, as we do now with banknotes and coins." Other questions will be addressed like interest rates, should they be positive, negative, or zero?
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scheme is used to create and manage the currency. Cryptocurrencies can allow electronic money systems to be decentralized. When implemented with a blockchain, the digital ledger system or record keeping system uses
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issues. It can be linked to a bank account, credit/debit card or have a loaded value to limit the amount of loss in case of a security breach. Credit cards and non-major debit cards incur a 3% processing fee.
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713:(IRS) ruling Notice 2014-21 defines any virtual currency, cryptocurrency and digital currency as property; gains and losses are taxable within standard property policies.
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3006:"Cashless society: Denmark to allow shops to ban paper money"
2781:"Central Banks Consider Bitcoin's Technology, if Not Bitcoin"
2272:"Countries Developing a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC)"
1632:"Bullion and Bandits: The Improbable Rise and Fall of E-Gold"
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1994:"Wary of Bitcoin? A guide to some other cryptocurrencies"
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3275:"Inside the Bank of England's vaults: can cash survive?"
3136:"Yandex Sells 75% Of Yandex.Money To Sberbank For $ 60M"
3083:"Bitcoin: El Salvador makes cryptocurrency legal tender"
2513:"Marshall Islands to issue own sovereign cryptocurrency"
3248:"Government urged to use Bitcoin-style digital ledgers"
830:, the digital currency does not have transaction fees.
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launched its USD-denominated service in 1998. In 2009,
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794:In October 2019, the PBOC announced that a digital
563:Since 2001, the European Union has implemented the
245:A virtual currency has been defined in 2012 by the
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2809:"On Digital Currencies, Central Banks Should Lead"
1496:Goedicke, M.; Neuhold, E.; Rannenberg, K. (2021).
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136:This type of currency may be used to buy physical
3222:"SBB: Make quick and easy purchases with Bitcoin"
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2716:"More Comments Invited for Proposed Bitcoin Rule"
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3383:"A crypto-currency primer: Bitcoin vs. Litecoin"
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685:US Commodity Futures Trading Commission guidance
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3326:"Banks Mostly Avoid Providing Bitcoin Services"
3161:"Skingsley: Should the Riksbank issue e-krona?"
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1935:"Virtual currency schemes - a further analysis"
1831:"'China's virtual currency threatens the Yuan'"
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729:US Securities and Exchange Commission guidance
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2342:"ELECTRONIC FUND TRANSFER ACT (REGULATION E)"
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2538:"A CFTC Primer on Virtual Currencies"
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2157:Griswold, Alison (26 February 2015).
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2545:Commodity Futures Trading Commission
2237:D'Orazio, Dante (9 September 2014).
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1564:"What Was the First Cryptocurrency?"
1451:. Bank for International Settlements
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705:US Internal Revenue Service guidance
691:Commodity Futures Trading Commission
600:central bank issued digital currency
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3246:Baraniuk, Chris (19 January 2016).
3134:Andrii Degeler (19 December 2012).
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866:Legislative Assembly of El Salvador
800:Digital Currency Electronic Payment
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4567:Distributed ledger technology law
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1992:Steadman, Ian (11 May 2013).
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488:Central bank digital currency
483:, but for Apple devices only.
406:launched a payment system in
276:Digital versus cryptocurrency
129:transfer across governmental
88:central bank digital currency
5079:Standard of deferred payment
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3035:International Business Times
2865:Hong Kong Monetary Authority
1329:Electronic Money Association
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853:National Assembly of Ecuador
576:Electronic Fund Transfer Act
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2587:US Internal Revenue Service
1630:Zetter, Kim (9 June 2009).
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1593:"Requiem for a Bright Idea"
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697:warned investors against
390:National Westminster Bank
352:Electronic funds transfer
255:US Department of Treasury
5062:Quantity theory of money
4883:Chattel/movable property
4592:List of cryptocurrencies
4479:Crypto service companies
4270:Cryptocurrency exchanges
2890:South China Morning Post
2424:"Hong Kong Octopus Card"
2076:Virtual Currency Schemes
1711:Mullan, Carl P. (2014).
1284:Automated clearing house
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548:, and currency storage.
524:List of cryptocurrencies
479:. It is very similar to
328:Most of the traditional
3330:The Wall Street Journal
3110:"Blockchain goes Dutch"
2944:The Wall Street Journal
2580:"US IRS Notice 2014-21"
1304:Cryptocurrency exchange
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1077:Fidelity Digital Assets
1054:The chief economist of
590:Adoption by governments
572:Uniform Commercial Code
5121:Complementary currency
5050:Credit theory of money
5010:Depository institution
4527:Complementary currency
3633:Decentralized exchange
3618:Cryptocurrency tumbler
3356:Bloomberg BusinessWeek
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983:Government-controlled
789:People's Bank of China
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429:On 19 September 2011,
372:Mobile digital wallets
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5104:Digital gold currency
4582:Initial coin offering
4537:Cryptocurrency bubble
4068:Basic Attention Token
3638:Decentralized finance
3623:Cryptocurrency wallet
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467:was announced at the
463:On 9 September 2014,
412:short message service
263:European Central Bank
247:European Central Bank
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4983:Coincidence of wants
4803:Representative money
4577:Environmental impact
4547:Cryptocurrency scams
2482:on 29 November 2017.
2436:on 15 February 2017.
1964:"Digital Currencies"
1442:"Digital Currencies"
1138:Non-cryptocurrencies
1069:Fidelity Investments
928:improve this section
864:On Jun 9, 2021, the
851:A law passed by the
717:US Treasury guidance
295:of asset transfers,
92:distributed database
5131:Time-based currency
4232:Inactive currencies
3171:on 21 December 2016
2568:. 15 February 2018.
2212:. 15 November 2012.
2054:on 24 December 2013
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1685:White, Lawrence H.
1544:on 3 September 2011
1477:on 22 November 2018
733:In May 2014 the US
672:In March 2018, the
378:contactless payment
346:Centralized systems
64:electronic currency
5188:Digital currencies
5000:Clearinghouse bank
4688:Medium of exchange
3692:Proof of authority
3663:Non-fungible token
3643:Distributed ledger
3362:on 6 December 2013
2786:The New York Times
2547:. 17 October 2017.
2404:. 9 September 2016
2137:"Origins of Venmo"
2042:Liu, Alec (2013).
1915:. 10 November 2015
1658:Electronic Markets
1240:South African rand
1231:James Orlin Grabbe
1110:and potential for
985:Sberbank of Russia
890:Dutch central bank
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293:digital signatures
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2476:"Home - Chipknip"
2448:"What is Oyster?"
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