Throughout history, control over money has been one of the most powerful levers of state authority. Rulers have long ...

Privately-issued stablecoins feature the same risks of freezing and surveillance inherent to central bank digital currencies, ...

Although central bank digital currency is being studied, there have been no formal proposals for such a system in the U.S., and it would take congressional action to install one. But that hasn’t ...

The vast majority of central bank digital currency (CBDCs) proof-of-concepts have not been able to move beyond pilot stage, ...

Philip Lane, chief economist of the European Central Bank, recently expressed urgency for the need to develop a digital euro—also known as a central bank digital currency (CBDC)—to compete against ...

As the momentum for central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) builds globally, one crucial issue remains unresolved, with significant implications for sovereignty and privacy: Who will control the ...

The U.S. government is reportedly exploring the creation of a central bank digital currency, commonly referred to as a CBDC. According to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, a digital dollar could help ...

Chinese tech giants have paused plans to issue stablecoins in Hong Kong, after Beijing raised concerns about the rise of ...

For the last few years, China’s central bank has been trying to ramp up the adoption of digital yuan, or e-CNY, which forms part of the country’s monetary base, M0. The bank has a designated app for e ...

MUMBAI (Reuters) -The Reserve Bank of India will launch a pilot on certificates of deposit tokenisation on Wednesday, ...

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Wednesday launched a retail sandbox for its central bank digital currency (CBDC), allowing ...