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Thailand’s central bank is calling for public comments on its proposed plan to launch a sovereign digital currency within the next five years.
The central bank says strong interest in its CBDC project is partly being driven by Bitcoin's recent surge, despite cryptocurrency still being banned in China.
CBDCs: Bank of International Settlements explains how interoperability and common interfaces are needed for central bank digital currencies.
European Central Bank (ECB) President Christine Lagarde said that a decision on whether or not to launch a CBDC will be made by the middle of this year.
Blockchain-issued DCash is the world’s first CBDC within a currency union
The ECCB has launched a regional central bank digital currency in partnership with Caribbean fintech outfit Bitt.
The digital yuan continues to develop apace.
Ripple announced its plans to take a 40% stake in Asian cross-border payments company Tranglo.
Agustín Carstens presents results of cross-border CBDC survey
The ECB will decide whether to proceed with digital euro pilots by mid-2021, Lagarde said.
The digital ruble will become an integral part of national settlements by 2023 or 2024, Anatoly Aksakov of the Russian State Duma predicted.
Visa (NYSE:V) is 'bridging digital and fiat' currency by integrating the USDC stablecoin. Visa said that by enabling USDC it is creating the ability to one day support Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs). In a blog post, Visa explained that after months of planning the
Following cybersecurity assessments, commercial institutions are being cleared to issue the world's first CBDC: the Bahamas' Sand Dollar.
US Fed's Digital Dollar initiative might affect revenue of Wall Street giants, but digital currency may take several years to launch.