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China’s digital currency will launch in two to three months, said founding managing partner of HCM Capital Jack Lee.

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) is partnering with JP Morgan Chase (NYSE:JPM) and Temasek on a blockchain-based payments platform that is capable of handling different currencies. JP Morgan has previously announced the development of an in-house crypto labeled JPM Coin. The eventual goal is

Benoît Cœuré, the outgoing European Central Bank Executive Board Member and an individual some thought best equipped to become the President of the ECB, has been appointed to lead the newly created Bank for International Settlements (BIS) Innovation Hub. According to BIS, Cœuré will commence

Consensys founder Joseph Lubin said that he hopes China’s digital currency will be interoperable with Ethereum and other public and open-access blockchains.

The Bank of Thailand (BoT) and the Hong Kong Money Authority (HKMA) have collaborated in researching central bank digital currencies (CBDC). They also planned to release a cryptocurrency research report in the first quarter of 2020, reported EJ Insight.

Turkey’s president asks for completed testing of the digital lira by the end of 2020 as local fraudsters rake in 600 BTC among crypto news from Turkey this week.

In Part 2 of the interview, Garcia-Herrero explained the disruption of China’s CBDC – digital currency electronic payment (DCEP) on China’s monetary system. She also commented on the basket of curr

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority has revealed it will publish its research into applications for a central bank digital currency by Q1 2020.

The PBoC sees CBDC as a means of riding the wave of digitisation, and potentially challenging the US dollar’s dominance, writes Hui Feng

Following President Xi’s statement, China is now actively pursuing blockchain development through regulation, promotion and application.

China’s forthcoming digital renminbi is unlikely to use blockchain, considers Ethereum co-founder and ConsenSys CEO Joe Lubin.

A draft document issued by the European Union suggests that the organization should consider issuing its own digital currency.

The Chinese central bank, People’s Bank of China’s (PBoC) Digital Currency Research Institute has signed an agreement with multinational telecommunications giant Huawei.

It has been widely reported that the People's Bank of China is nearly ready to issue the first Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) to streamline the payment/transfer process for the Renminbi. Many central banks are reviewing the pros and cons of a CBDC but China

Blockchain.News has been delighted to reach out to Garcia-Herrero for her to share some thoughts on central bank digital currencies around the world. Central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) have in