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Brazil’s central bank believes you’ve got to change money, to save money.

Many central banks are creating “hybrid” CBDCs, according to survey of 32 projects

The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) has affirmed that the testing of its CBDC project is concentrated only to small scale transactions for now.

The Bank for International Settlements released its analysis report in which it evaluated central bank digital currencies globally.

Retail focused central bank digital currencies are "more advanced" where informal economy is larger: BIS report.

A Chinese senior central bank official said China should maintain a “normal” monetary policy as the country has been recovering from COVID-19 smoothly.

Details about the official launch date still remain murky.

Ripple Co-Founder, Chris Larsen believes the Cold Tech War between China and the United States is going to be won and lost on the blockchain battlefield.

China’s national blockchain project BSN could be the best fit for the digital yuan.

CBDCs: Ukraine's reserve bank official claims central bank digital currencies need private sector to be successful.

China can reverse Bitcoin transactions, a Ripple exec said.

Central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) are in the limelight. But the reasons for issuing them vary between countries, as do the policy approaches and technical designs. This paper looks at the economic and institutional motives behind current CBDC projects and asks how they might shape the design of such currencies.

The COVID-19 pandemic might help to further Qatar’s national strategy in the fintech and blockchain spaces to reduce the crisis’s impact.

The Reserve Bank of Australia, Payments System Board, recently held a meeting to review several issues including the issuance of Central Bank Digital Currency (CDBC). The Bank noted that the Australian payments system has performed well during the COVID-19 pandemic. Cash during COVID has become

What are CBDCs and the risks they possess, and how might they reshape our economies?