The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has started a three-year program to develop a wholesale central bank digital currency (CBDC). This comes after the RBA looked...
The Central Bank of Brazil has picked Visa, Microsoft, and Santander to take part in the second stage of its digital currency project “Digital Real”. The...
Former President Donald Trump has made a bold statement urging Americans to vote for him in the upcoming election with a promise to make Bitcoin mining...
MIT and the German central bank are embarking on a new project to conduct research into the privacy aspects of central bank digital currencies (CBDCs). The...
SWIFT recently declared the success of its second set of sandbox trials, which included testing for central bank digital currencies (CBDCs). After successfully trialing the connector,...
Nigeria’s latest CDBC partner, Gluwa, wants to improve the digital infrastructure in the country. In a recent conversation with the Vice President of Nigeria, Kashim Shettima,...
Five United States senators, namely Senator Ted Cruz, Senators Bill Hagerty, Rick Scott, Ted Budd, and Mike Braun, have collaborated to express their opposition to the...
In a recent speech in New Hampshire on the 17th of January, 2024, former President Donald J Trump, the 45th President of the United States and...
The Bank of Spain has chosen three technology firms—Cecabank, Abanca, and Adhara Blockchain—as partners for testing its proposed central bank digital currency (CBDC). Despite 24 companies...
During the Nov. 6 Republican Party presidential debate, Vivek Ramaswamy criticized Gary Gensler and other regulatory agencies for failing to keep up with the fast-moving cryptocurrency...
The potential digital launch has raised concerns for the U.K. Parliamentary Committee, which expresses reservations about the substantial investment it might necessitate. They emphasize their uncertainty...
The Bank of Korea has announced plans to launch a pilot program for retail Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) in Q4 2024. The program will involve...
During a keynote address at the Singapore FinTech Festival, Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), asserted that central bank digital currencies (CBDCs)...
General manager of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), Agustín Carstens, believes central banks have a responsibility to be at the forefront in the digital age...
In the rapidly advancing realm of Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs), Adella Toulon-Foerster, a legal practitioner and former president of LocalBitcoins, at the Proof of Summit...
The assistant governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia stated that pilot projects have identified several potential use cases for central bank digital currencies. The Reserve...
After initiating a pilot program for the digital Hong Kong Dollar (eHKD) earlier this year, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) is expected to release a...
A study conducted by the Bank of Canada reveals that many underestimate the challenges associated with achieving financial inclusivity despite the potential for it. One of...
Banque de France is boldly transforming financial markets by utilizing DLT in payment systems. Claudine Hurman, Director of Innovation and Financial Market Infrastructure at Banque de...
