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Ex-BoE economist: “no nearer to a digital pound being launched”
A former Bank of England (BoE) economist has said there’s “no customer demand” for a UK digital pound.
Taxpayers’ millions have yet again been squandered on a white elephant
In April 2021, the Bank of England and HM Treasury announced an initiative to investigate the creation of a “digital pound”.
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Residents Unearth 18th Century Gold Coins Worth Almost a Million Dollars During Kitchen Renovation
"Joseph and Sarah clearly distrusted the newly-formed Bank of England, the ‘banknote’ and even the gold coinage of their day because they (chose) to hold onto so many coins dating to the ...
Britain’s digital pound has all the signs of being another national white elephant
In April 2021, the Bank of England and HM Treasury announced an initiative to investigate the creation of a “digital pound”.
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The Bank of England gold rush that's pushing up the price
Deep under the Bank of England, in a network of vaults into which cameras are rarely admitted, sits the world's second biggest known trove of gold. Once upon a time the Bank's vaults stored ...
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Millennia-old stash of hundreds of silver coins highlights a merciless history: ‘I was shaking when I first unearthed it’
Archaeologists have made a rich historical discovery in England. A cache of mint-condition silver coins left one archaeologist ... preservation methods. The bank had been encased in a hand ...