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The central bank of China has completed the top-layer design and joint testing of its soon-to-be-released central bank digital currency.

On Jan. 1, China’s law governing cryptographic password management came into power. What does it mean?

Christine Lagarde has pushed for the bank’s involvement in the development of a CBDC to address the demand for faster and cheaper cross-border payments.

China’s central bank reports that it is “progressing smoothly” with its development of a government-backed digital currency.

The U.S. could possibly lose the digital war to China if it doesn’t issue a digital dollar ahead of the digital yuan.

Cointelegraph reached out to leaders of the crypto and blockchain space to find out what their New Year’s wish was for the industry.

What are the key advantages and disadvantages of CBDCs?

South Korea's central bank plans to organize a task force dedicated to central bank digital currency research in the new year.

The Central Bank of the Bahamas is planning to pilot a digital version of the Bahamian dollar in the Exuma district starting December 27.

China’s latest bond issuance on the ledger is a sign of trust placed into the blockchain technology, but not everything may be rosy.

Recent research from the European Central Bank showed that it is possible to develop a central bank digital currency payment system that protects user privacy.

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

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

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...

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