CBDC News

Chinese authorities have postponed research on the digital yuan as the coronavirus continues to spread globally.

Bank of Canada is preparing for creating its own digital currency to defend the Canadian dollar and monetary sovereignty.

As a crypto firm in Ukraine plans to issue the first Ukrainian hryvnia-pegged stablecoin, the country’s central bank is progressing with its e-hryvnia project.

The senior Bank of England official believes that regulators must act quickly to prevent major tech firms from using stablecoins to dominate the payments sector...

JP Morgan report says that current blockchain developments are lying down the foundation for digital money, but more centralization is needed.

CBDCs are starting to gain some momentum.

The new Coronavirus outbreak has pushed Chinese officials to track individual citizens by their medicine purchases, which presents major ramifications for crypt...

While banks in emerging markets are moving more rapidly toward issuing CBDCs, other countries appear to be taking a more cautious stance.

Japanese exchange Bitpoint released data on its massive 2019 deficit, the country’s FSA pointed out tightening regulations, and more in news from Japan this pas...

China continues to get ahead in the CBDC race, but will Japan attempt to counter it with its own digital currency?

The Central Bank of the Bahamas plans to adopt the Bahamian digital dollar pilot in the second half of 2020.

U.S. think tank the Heritage Foundation argues that the authorities should ensure consumers can use the preferred currency, instead of launching a digital one.

Central bank digital currencies would positively impact non-central bank crypto like Bitcoin, Grayscale Investment CEO Barry Silbert believes.

Japanese lawmaker Kozo Yamamoto said today that the government should include the digital yen plan in its mid-year policy.

Japan is feeling the pressure of China’s moves forward with a digital yuan, with lawmakers calling for the G7 to put CBDCs on its 2020 agenda.