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First year will see development of user interface for mobile, card and watch-based payments

Focus on retail CBDCs is a potential distraction from core central banking functions, says Sinha

The Bank of Lithuania said that central banks’ “parental controls” are obsolete when it comes to crypto assets.

Lithuania’s central bank notes national CBDC projects will not solve global payment inefficiencies

New developments of China’s central bank geared towards testing its digital currency electronic payment (DCEP) in the cities of Shenzhen and Suzhou. The People’s Bank of China, the country’s centra

We have deliberately chosen to limit our presentation, for pedagogical reasons, to the four fundamental periods represented by the emergence of Bitcoin, Ethereum, Libra and CBDCs (Central Bank Digital Currency) because no other event (derived or similar project) has had such an impact on the

Thomas Lee, the Co-Founder, Managing Director, and Head of Research at Fundstrat Global Advisors, known for his opinions on the Bitcoin and crypto market has sat down with Blockchain.News to discus

US Secretary of the Treasury Steve Mnuchin told members of the US House Financial Services Committee Thursday that both he and Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell feel there is 'no need' for the US to develop a digital currency in the near term. Currently, multiple

The central bank of France has indicated plans to pilot a central bank digital currency (CBDC) for financial institutions in 2020. The governor of the Bank of France, Francois Villeroy de Galhau stated that the bank will start the pilot test for the digital euro project by the end of Q1 2020, as reported by a French financial publication Les Echos on Dec 4.

Ghana is maintaining a cautious approach to cryptocurrencies despite its central bank’s plans to launch a CBDC pilot in 2020.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell do not anticipate the development of a national digital currency in the country.

The issuance of Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) has been making airwaves with nations, such as China, leading the hype. The Bank of Mauritius, the central bank of the Republic of Mauritius, se

Recent announcements have created waves in the blockchain industry. Binance has been making its way around the world, enabling better adoption and an overall understanding of crypto. With China’s P

General manager at the BIS Agustin Carstens seems to have changed his negative stance towards CBDCs, now saying that such currencies could open up new possibilities.

The Banque of France will begin testing a Central Bank Digital Currency (or CBDC) in 2020, according to a report in Les Echos - the leading business publication of France. Quoting François Villeroy de Galhau, the Governor of the Banque of France, who was speaking