Tag: CBDC

May 25, 2023

The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) and a group of central banks have published a paper detailing their “ongoing policy perspectives” on a retail central bank digital currency (rCBDC). The new publication is the fifth from the same authors. The […]

February 7, 2023

The United Kingdom is a step closer to launching a central bank digital currency (CBDC) after releasing a consultation paper explaining the proposed digital pound, which the public has nicknamed “Britcoin.” The 116-page consultation paper was jointly released on Feb. […]

December 7, 2022

Stablecoins could have such a profound effect on the established banking system that U.S. regulators need to require the digital tokens fit in without disrupting it, said Martin Gruenberg, the acting chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC), at […]

November 14, 2022

Aarti Dhapte is a senior analyst at the analysis company Market Research Future. She explained the challenges to overcome to make success of the digital dollar. She said: “There may be drawbacks to a CBDC, notwithstanding the possibility that it […]

October 6, 2022

Calling it a “major milestone”, the experiments demonstrate that it is possible to integrate CBDCs and tokenised assets into the global financial ecosystem. Swift says the findings, which come from two separate experiments, solve the “significant challenge” of interoperability in […]

September 21, 2022

Government to Increase Digital Yuan Coverage in 4 Provinces of China Chinese authorities are going to expand the digital yuan’s area of application in four of the first pilot cities in the project to the rest of their respective provinces. […]