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General manager at the BIS Agustin Carstens seems to have changed his negative stance towards CBDCs, now saying that such currencies could open up new possibilities.
The Banque of France will begin testing a Central Bank Digital Currency (or CBDC) in 2020, according to a report in Les Echos - the leading business publication of France. Quoting François Villeroy de Galhau, the Governor of the Banque of France, who was speaking
Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda said that there is no public demand for a central bank digital currency in the country.
Blockchain startup LifeLabs announced that it is developing a U.S. dollar-pegged stablecoin for the British Virgin Islands.
The Fed chairman’s recent letter illuminates how monetary policy bigwigs view crypto and if it might greenlight a USD stablecoin.
On Tuesday during Ghana’s Annual Banking Conference, Ernest Addison, governor of Ghana’s central bank, shared that a pilot project in rolling out Ghana’s very own Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) has been initiated in a sandbox environment.
The crypto businessman sings praises for “uncensorable money.”
Earlier this month, media reported that Tunisia had become the first country to issue a CBDC. Now that the central bank has denied the news, it’s time to take a closer look…
With Facebook and Google establishing themselves more firmly into the financial industry, what is the future like for crypto?
Making CBDCs interest-bearing would avoid dangers to cash use or bank deposits
The United States Federal Reserve is exploring the opportunity to develop a US dollar digital currency, reported Cointelegraph. Issues and risks of rolling out a central bank digital currency will be looked into as well.
Paper examines the impact a global crypto asset would have on the “impossible trinity”
A noteworthy panel followed on the topic of “defining the future of digital currency,” joined by Christian Catalini, co-creator of Libra and Head Economist of Calibra, Mu Changchun, Director-Genera
Officials at the People's Bank of China have issued an official statement disclaiming rumours that China has begun issuing a central bank digital currency (CBDC). 'Recently, the net news said that the People's Bank of China has issued (a) legal digital currency,' the communiqué states,