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"We're also excited that when working with central banks, we can do it in a way that is through regulation and compliance," said Bitt CEO Brian Popelka.

Opening by Mr Olli Rehn, Governor of the Bank of Finland, of the 10th Economics of Payments conference "Going digital – trends in payments during and after the pandemic", 20 October 2021.

"We cannot welcome investments into cryptocurrencies," says Central Bank of Russia governor Elvira Nabiullina.

Speech by Mr Yi Gang, Governor of the People's Bank of China, 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 National Bank of Kazakhstan said it plans to present some of the results of the CBDC study to stakeholders in July 2022 and reaching a decision on launching a digital tenge by December.

The two firms successfully executed cross-realm and end-to-end digital asset transactions with the pilot test, which can also settle securities and forex.

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.