Analysis
As crypto enters the mainstream, major retailers are offering discounts and promotions to get customers to pay using cryptocurrency
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Digital Currency News
For two decades, the digital currency paradigm was a largely fringe concept championed by cryptography advocates before the launch of the cryptocurrency Bitcoin (BTC) in 2008, which heralded a new technological and social phenomenon.
While the goal of cryptocurrencies is to provide a medium for global, peer-to-peer transaction settlement that preserves privacy and financial security, digital currencies more broadly encompass any digital form of money, including the more recent trend of central bank digital currencies, or CBDCs.
Currently in development in China and other countries, these digital currencies may leverage blockchain technology for secure payments but with added capital controls and surveillance practices in stark contrast with the ethos of cryptocurrencies.
The future of digital currencies is uncertain. Will CBDCs become the dominant form of digital cash adopted by the masses, or will people opt into a more open, secure, permissionless financial system in the form of Bitcoin and the crypto economy?
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Ripple is looking to define its strategy regarding central bank digital currencies.
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Regulatory compliance is crucial for firms hoping to drive mainstream crypto adoption no matter which part of the world they operate in.
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A former Bank of Japan official is concerned about a digital yen triggering massive outflows from private bank deposits.
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Jon Cunliffe, one of the leaders of England's central bank, said banks must adapt to the changes brought on by digital assets.
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Deutsche Bank has called on Europe to accelerate the development of central bank digital currencies.
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The word “cryptocurrency” is a misnomer because it isn’t a currency, according to Roubini.
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Sounds like its CBDC is unlikely to dethrone the United States dollar as the world’s reserve currency anytime soon.
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China’s digital yuan pilot program is picking up speed.
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Fed Chairman Powell sees no urgency to develop a CBDC, but eventually, the world’s top central bank must act, say experts.
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Another automotive company is moving into crypto.
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Details regarding the digital yuan's characteristics are taking shape.
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Russia’s digital ruble will not have the same level of anonymity as cash, says official.
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Russia is purportedly taking a fast-second strategy for the digital ruble.
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The CSO of CoinShares thinks that a payments-focused PayPal token could be forthcoming.
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