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People’s Bank of China clarified that there is still “no timetable” on a formal digital yuan launch, despite the ongoing pilot project.

Chinese Communist Party (CCP) member Neil Shen presented his proposal for a regional stablecoin led by the People’s Bank of China (PBoC) during one of two sessions of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (PCC) on May 21. While he made no mention of the underlying technology potentially being used to create or issue the stablecoin, Shen highlighted the growing importance of digital currencies and the improvements that can be made to financing trade and cross-border transactions within Japan, Korea, China and Hong Kong should a regional stablecoin be available.

JPMorgan believes that central bank digital currencies may undermine the hegemony of the US dollar.

The launch date of China's long-awaited digital yuan remains a secret, creating space for potential fraud.

Société Générale, a top French bank, has completed the first central bank digital currency (CBDC) transaction. According to a statement by Societe Generale SFH, a subsidiary of Société Générale, the company has issued 40 million euros in covered bonds in the form of “security tokens”

Central bank and French lender use blockchain platform to pay for €40m securities tokens

The Banque de France opened submissions for central bank digital currency (CBDC) proposals from the private sector in March this year and revealed the successful completion of a trial for one of the blockchain-based applications selected in the exercise on May 14.

In order to remain ahead in the global competition, China plans to launch its own digital currency known as Digital Currency Electronic Payment (DCEP). The digital currency will stimulate daily ban

The Bank of Korea (BoK), South Korea’s central bank and monetary issuer, has released its research on the use of digital currencies and blockchain technology for the banking industry.

China’s Central Bank, People’s Bank of China (PBoC) is planning to look into building a digital central bank infrastructure to improve the standards of financial services in the country. On May 18,

The French Central Bank, Banque de France has recently successfully trialed a central bank digital currency (CBDC) – the digital euro, operating on a blockchain. The Bank of France experimented wit

The French central bank has announced the first successful test of a digital euro.

Chinese Communist Party school publishes a new book on crypto.

Advances in payment settlements and decentralized ledger technology are driving central banks to consider digital currencies, according to a recent Bank of Korea report.

Digital currency solutions that directly face consumers will not be taken seriously by central banks, according to a Visa executive.