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Mastercard is taking a slow but steady approach to bridging the realm of fiat and cryptocurrencies.

Direct exchanges between U.S. lawmakers and the crypto industry could be finally taking a constructive turn.

Speech by Mr Yi Gang, Governor of the People's Bank of China, at the 30th Anniversary Conference of the Bank of Finland Institute for Emerging Economics, 10 November 2021.

Speech by Mr Klaas Knot, President of the Netherlands Bank, at the 13th Conference on Payments and Market Infrastructure, jointly organised by the National Bank of North Macedonia and the Netherlands Bank, Ohrid (digitally), 9 December 2021.

Bitt’s Imran Khan explains how its project in Nigeria is different to CBDC projects launched before

What is the future of cryptocurrencies in Russia, and can a digital ruble really be introduced in the coming years?

Two more Eastern Caribbean nations have begun using the DCash system, which allows payments and transfers of the digital EC dollar CBDC.

One of the world’s biggest Bitcoin mining countries is still thinking about whether it needs a central bank digital currency.

Opening remarks by Mr Eddie Yue, Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, at The People's Bank of China and Hong Kong Monetary Authority Joint Seminar "Hong Kong's positioning and prospect as an international financial centre", 9 December 2021.

The Covid-19 pandemic accelerated the digitalisation of payments. The latest Red Book Statistics from the BIS Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructures (CPMI) show that consumers have shifted from physical cash to digital and contactless payment instruments at a rate unprecedented since the start of the Red Book Statistics. At the same time, and as in earlier stress episodes, the value of cash in circulation surged.

The trio of the Central Banks of France, Switzerland, and the Bank of International Settlements (BIS) has successfully conducted a wholesale Central Bank Digital Currency (wCBDC) trial involving bo

Following Treasurer Josh Frydenberg’s “payments and crypto reform plan,” the RBA has published a report exploring DLT tech and wholesale CBDC issuance.

Jura explores the direct transfer of euro and Swiss franc wholesale central bank digital currencies (wCBDCs) between French and Swiss commercial banks on a single DLT platform operated by a third party. Tokenised asset and foreign exchange trades are settled safely and efficiently using payment versus payment (PvP) and delivery versus payment (DvP) mechanisms.