Financial authority figures from China and Singapore offered a glimpse at how the international roadmap for central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) might play out, with… Read More »China, Singapore Look Ahead to CBDC Future at World Economic Forum
The monetary revolution will be digitized … but for the vast majority of earthlings likely not anytime soon, according to central bank digital currency (CBDC)… Read More »BIS: CBDC Research Gaining Steam but Widespread Issuance Years Away
While not many technical details of China’s plans for its central bank digital currency (CBDC) are publicly available, the digital yuan is already raising concerns… Read More »Geopolitics at Stake in US Response to China’s Digital Yuan: Report
Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey held the central banker’s line against cryptocurrency proliferation at the Davos conference Monday. At the same time, Bailey, a… Read More »Bank of England Governor Insists Digital Payments (but Not Crypto) Are Sticking Around
China’s Blockchain-based Service Network (BSN) – a permissioned blockchain network for building decentralized applications and tokens – plans on releasing a beta central bank digital currency… Read More »China’s Blockchain-Based Service Network to Integrate Central Bank Digital Currency
With a runway of a year or more before the Federal Reserve and other major central banks can launch digital currencies, bitcoin and other private… Read More »Bitcoin in Race for Adoption Before Central Banks Launch Digital Currencies: Australia’s Macquarie
U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Tuesday banning the Alipay payment platform and seven other apps with links to the Chinese, saying… Read More »Trump Signs Order to Ban Ma’s Alipay, Other Chinese Apps
Turkey will begin piloting a previously undisclosed digital currency in the second half of 2021, the country’s chief central banker Naci Ağbal told members of… Read More »Turkey to Pilot Digital Currency in 2021, Says Central Bank Governor
The Bank of Russia doesn’t believe a digital ruble will hurt its banks. Earlier this month, Russian banks warned the Bank of Russia that the… Read More »Bank of Russia Chair: Digital Ruble Is No Threat to Banks
Fintech company EMTECH is launching a compliance platform that helps central banks tackle compliance issues or safely test their central bank digital currencies (CBDC) in… Read More »Fintech Company Launches Platform to Assist in Central Bank Digital Currency Development
The Bank of France’s Deputy Governor Denis Beau speaking at the Paris Blockchain Summit discussed the progress being made with the central bank digital currency… Read More »Bank of France’s Deputy Governor Discusses CBDC Progress, Regulatory Changes
More money, more participants, more participating banks and merchants – a look inside the latest DC/EP trial in Suzhou. Our main discussion: Why the newest… Read More »China’s Latest Digital Currency Trial Is Its Most Important Yet
