Category: Currency News

1. The Pound: “Sell the Rumour, Buy the Fact” on Johnson Inauguration  Pound Sterling Live
2. Brits urged to buy Euros currency tonight as ‘exchange rates to crash’  Mirror Online
3. Going on holiday? Brits urged to buy currency tonight as ‘exchange rates to crash’  Gloucestershire Live
4. Sterling Currency Crash Fails To Materialise As Pound Reaction Muted After Boris Wins Tory Leadership Contest  Exchange Rates UK
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Facebook won’t rule out digital currency launch without US approval  BBC News

Facebook is facing immense pressure from US regulators over its plans to launch a digital currency, Libra, in association with more than 20 partners including …

Turkey seizes $271 mln in counterfeit US currency  Hurriyet Daily News

Turkish authorities confiscated about $271 million in fake U.S. $100 banknotes in a raid on an Istanbul printing press – the country’s biggest counterfeit currency …

Brits urged to buy Euros currency tonight as ‘exchange rates to crash’  Mirror Online

The predicted election of Boris Johnson is likely to send the pound on a spiral.

Facebook Wants Its Own Currency. That Should Scare Us All.  The Nation

Instead of embracing Facebook’s Libra, we should be rallying for a public option for digital currency.

Turkey to introduce national blockchain currency  Global Government Forum

The Turkish government plans to launch a central bank “blockchain based” digital currency within the next four years. The idea was included in The Eleventh …

Sierra Leone economy facing tough challenges – Bio restricts use of foreign currency  Sierra Leone Telegraph

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 21 July 2019 In June 2016, president Koroma of Sierra Leone sent out a text message to every citizen, demanding that they refrain from …

Kenya goes slow on new currency  The East African

Kenya’s bid to fight money laundering and other forms of illicit financial flows by phasing out the Ksh1,000 ($10) banknote by October 1 is facing challenges that …

St. Louis Fed Chief Pessimistic on Crypto as Non-Uniform Currency  Cointelegraph

St. Louis Fed Chief James Bullard reportedly views cryptocurrencies as part of a global currency competition that is ultimately unhealthy. Bullard presented his …

How China’s currency manipulation cheats America on trade | TheHill  The Hill

Cheating nations will not change their ways on their own—and, while this may sound like news to the political establishment, Trump and his administration have …