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Six central banks around the world have come together to create a working group to share experiences on use cases on central bank digital currency (CBDC). With significant expertise in exploring di

Davos 2020 to host ex CFTC Chairman, J. Christopher Giancarlo, and his insights on the possibility of CBDC and its many advantages!

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) has posted a deck on its investigation into Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDCs). Project LionRock is the CBDC blockchain from Hong Kong and Inthanon is from Thailand as the two partnered in the project. The HKMA said it developed

Hong Kong and Thailand’s central banks have stepped closer to implementing a joint central bank digital currency project for cross-border payments.

The former head of payments and settlements at the Bank of Japan says Facebook’s Libra galvanized central banks globally to look seriously into digital currency issuance.

In a recent white paper entitled Central Banks and the Future of Digital Money—Consensys offers an insightful and practical overview of the potential and risks of CBDC. The research paper also offe

A grouping of prominent central banks along with the Bank for International Settlements, have joined together to review the potential for Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs). The banks and organizations include: the Bank of England, Bank of Canada, Bank of Japan, European Central Bank (ECB), 

The Bank of Canada, the Bank of England, the Bank of Japan, the European Central Bank, the Sveriges Riksbank and the Swiss National Bank, together with the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), have created a group to share experiences as they assess the potential cases for central bank digital currency (CBDC) in their home jurisdictions.

Six central banks and the BIS will explore use cases and share knowledge

Six major central banks and the Bank for International Settlements jointly created a digital currency research group.

The annual World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland is about to start — here’s what you should know ahead of the meeting.

Opening address by Mr Denis Beau, First Deputy Governor of the Bank of France, at the Stablecoin Conference "Which ambitions for Europe?", organized by Paris Europlace and ConsenSys, Paris, 15 January 2020.

December 2019 saw Christine Lagarde, President of the European Central Bank (ECB), chairing her first ECB conference after she stepped into the position last November. At her first address, she delved into fiscal policy as a whole, and also mentioned the importance of central bank digital currencies (CBDC). After stating that the EU needs to “stay ahead of the curve” on the issue of stablecoins and there needs to be a structured plan in approaching CBDCs.

The People's Bank of China confirmed that the "top-level" design of the virtual yuan or Renminbi has been finalized.

On Jan. 1, China’s law governing cryptographic password management came into power. What does it mean?