Digital Currency News

The platform had previously undergone a private testnet release and will now gather feedback from users.

Jay Clayton drew attention to the ongoing engagement with the crypto space and enforcement of existing legislation.

The State Bank of Pakistan, the nation’s central bank, aims to issue a digital currency by 2025.

The service is the first of its kind locally, the company says, and utilizes U.K.-based insurance solutions.

South Korea’s central bank mentions CBDCs in its annual payment settlement report and announces a blockchain trial later in 2019.

The two-month-long pilot involved central bank employees, with results now being analyzed, a senior official says.

A postdoctoral researcher from the University of Luxembourg believes central banks are very interested in launching CBDCs.

Consumer trust in CBDCs could spell disaster for smaller private lenders, a new report warns.

Tencent statistics show an almost 50/50 split over support for a central bank digital currency appearing from Beijing.

PayPal co-founder Luke Nosek admits the company would have created something like cryptocurrencies if the market had permitted.

South Korea's central bank says it won’t be issuing a central bank digital currency in the near term, but will continue to conduct detailed research into the ma...

Tehran may reveal the identity of a new state-sponsored cryptocurrency at a conference this week.

A sub-governor from the central bank of Egypt has said the entity is looking into issuing a blockchain-based digital currency.

Calgary, a city in the Canadian province of Alberta, allows citizens to pay for local goods and services via its new digital Calgary dollar.

IMF head Christine Lagarde says relevant actors “should consider the possibility to issue digital currency.”