Those who oversee the traditional finance sector won’t just let Bitcoin (BTC) wander off into the sunset without a fight. That’s the sentiment expressed by the World Economic Forum’s head of blockchain and digital assets, Sheila...
Read MoreThe European Central Bank has published the results of a public consultation on a potential digital euro as the institution inches closer to deciding whether to formally study such an initiative. According to a...
Read MoreThis is part one of a multipart series on blockchain and crypto in China.China has been discussing the possibilities of national digital currency for half a decade, and the Chinese digital yuan project — referred to as the...
Read MoreThe Governor of the State Bank of Pakistan, Reza Baqir, has indicated that the institution is carefully studying the possibilities opened by central bank digital currencies, or CBDCs.In an interview with CNN reporter Julia...
Read MoreA financial think tank has suggested that Britain should adopt a digital pound in an effort to strengthen London’s status as a global trade center in the wake of Brexit. Previously the gravitational center-point of Europe’s...
Read MoreSouth China’s Hainan Province, which administers the prefectural Sansha City on a disputed archipelago in the South China Sea, will run a two-week campaign later this month to promote the use of the digital yuan...
Read MoreAfter completing the first phase of its digital currency pilot project, Sveriges Riksbank has found some critical issues that must be addressed before Stockholmers can buy coffee and kanelbullar with e-krona.In a...
Read MoreThe Japanese central bank has launched a proof of concept for its central bank digital currency, or CBDC, according to an official announcement on Monday.Following initial preparations to test the technical feasibility of core...
Read MoreThe Bank of Thailand has set its agenda for a retail central bank digital currency with preliminary testing protocols scheduled to begin in Q2 2022.Thailand’s central bank made this known in a press release issued on Friday...
Read MoreThe cryptocurrency space may be helping to spawn its own competitors after a representative of the People’s Bank of China said Bitcoin’s (BTC) recent surge had caused renewed interest in the nation’s digital yuan project.The...
Read MoreThe Eastern Caribbean Central Bank, the main financial institution of the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union, has launched DCash.The ECCB announced the launch of its CBDC for the region via a media event held on...
Read MoreIt could be a while before European Union gets a central bank digital currency, if it gets one at all.In a Wednesday interview with Bloomberg Television, European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde laid out the...
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