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Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) Race: 2020 Year in Review

As 2020 comes to a close, we take a look back at the most important developments regarding the pursuit of Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDC).

Dec 31, 2020blockchainnewsDigital Euro
These 2020 blockchain tech developments have set the stage for 2021

2020 has been a stellar year for blockchain technology, laying important foundations for the year ahead.

Dec 30, 2020cointelegraphDigital Euro
2020 has provided the incentive to rethink our approach to money

A terrible year has still presented a unique opportunity to rethink how money is managed and used in our society.

Dec 30, 2020cointelegraph
Did CBDCs affect the crypto space in 2020, and what’s next in 2021? Experts answer

CBDCs are one of the major topics in crypto this year, and the experts that Cointelegraph spoke to have a lot to say about it.

Dec 27, 2020cointelegraphDigital Euro
The pandemic year ends with a tokenized carbon cap-and-trade solution

Lowering CO2 emissions and lessening carbon-intensive approaches are the essential goals in global efforts to fight climate change.

Dec 27, 2020cointelegraph
Amid inflation woes, Turkey announces CBDC tests planned for 2021

While the announcement came as a surprise to some, a digital Lira has been in the works since 2019

Dec 26, 2020cointelegraphDigital Lira
Russia’s central bank digital currency: Prospects and problems

The digital ruble will, most likely, take the place of other forms of money, but the intrigue is which ones: non-cash or cash?

Dec 20, 2020cointelegraphDigital Ruble
Bitcoin’s 2020 explosion is not the 2017 bubble again

Early adopters who saw the potential in Bitcoin in the last decade have been waiting for this year their entire crypto investing lives.

Dec 16, 2020cointelegraph
CBDCs: Modern Central Sandbox Introduced by EMTECH to Help with Testing Central Bank Digital Currencies

CBDCs: Modern Central Sandbox introduced by New York-based EMTECH to help with testing central bank digital currencies.

Dec 15, 2020crowdfundinsiderSand Dollar
China’s digital yuan kicks off test on e-commerce platforms

New round of tests in Suzhou allow use of CBDC for online shopping for the first time

Dec 14, 2020centralbankinge-CNY
China has no plan to replace USD with digital yuan, former PBoC head says

A former PBoC official says that his country has taken a cautious approach with the digital yuan.

Dec 14, 2020cointelegraphe-CNY
Central bankers of the future

Speech by Mr Agustín Carstens, General Manager of the BIS, at the Deutsche Bundesbank's internal discussion series on "Digitalisation and central banking – Is there a fundamental change under way?"

Dec 14, 2020bisHelvetia
Chinese residents make 20K transactions in digital yuan trial event

The numbers come following the Suzhou municipal government giving away roughly $3 million in a digital yuan lottery for residents.

Dec 13, 2020cointelegraphe-CNY
Sweden is studying a potential transition to the e-krona CBDC

Sweden is examining the risks and consequences of moving its economy to its e-krona digital currency.

Dec 11, 2020cointelegraphe-krona
CBDC could give consumers power over their data – paper

Mere existence of CBDC could discipline data-hungry payments firms, authors say

Dec 11, 2020centralbanking