BIS News

The Bank of International Settlements’s new survey revealed that only 10% of central banks are likely to issue a CBDC for the general public in the short term.

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

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 possibili...

Benoît Cœuré will take on a further digital currency-related role, having already led a group researching stablecoins.

The Swiss National Bank and SIX Group to jointly research digital central bank money within a project of the BIS Innovation Hub Centre.

Chile’s top central banker says the financial system could benefit from central bank digital currencies, particularly in “unconventional” monetary policies.

The European Central Bank and 25 global central banks will meet with Libra to assess the purported financial stability risks of the project.

Augustin Carstens revealed the ‘bank of central banks’ is actively supporting members’ efforts to issue tokens.

The Bank of International Settlements warns that financial services offered by big tech firms such as Facebook, Google and Amazon could create new risks for the...

Bitcoin critic and general manager at the Bank for International Settlements advised against the issuance of CBDCs.

The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision believes that cryptos are unsafe to rely on as a medium of exchange or store of value.

The Bank of International Settlements has released a contentious report on the future of Bitcoin’s use of the proof-of-work consensus.

According to research conducted by the Bank for International Settlements, Bitcoin’s problems are only solvable by departing from proof-of-work.

A new report from the BIS has found that 70 percent of central banks are conducting research into central bank digital currencies.

Executive Board member of the European Central Bank, Benoit Coeure, considers Bitcoin to be the “evil spawn of the [2008] financial crisis.”