Bitcoin

Will the blockchain technology that underlies cryptocurrencies fundamentally transform the interactions across industries? On February 1, our Development Strategy and Policy Analysis Unit will be hosting a Development Policy Seminar on the Frontier Issue of “Understanding Bitcoin, Blockchains and the Crypto Economy”.

Rapid growth in cryptocurrencies posing a challenge for policymakers, European Central Bank maintains accommodative policy stance while the Bank of England raises its key policy rate for the first time in more than a decade, India announces plans to recapitalize state-owned banks