Crypto exchange Bittrex has filed for bankruptcy in the US, weeks after being hit with charges by the SEC and months after saying that it would leave the country....
Zimbabwe is debuting a gold-backed digital currency as it battles an inflation crisis. The country’s central bank says the tokens — set to launch Monday (May 8) — will...
Federal authorities are reportedly probing whether cryptocurrency exchange Binance violated U.S. sanctions against Russia. The U.S. Justice Department’s investigation centers on whether the company was used to allow Russians...
Earlier in this series, Circle CTO Li Fan and CPO Nikhil Chandhok explored the cloud-based infrastructure we’re building to help turn dollars and euros into open-source, programmable internet data,...
Mobile payments giant Venmo has just announced plans to roll out a new feature that will enable the over 70 million users of the platform to transfer crypto assets....
China is to start paying the salaries of some civil servants and public officials using its central bank digital currency (CBDC), it was reported today. The current take up...
Expectations for faster payments are rising, thanks to increased banking innovation and accelerated eCommerce adoption. As the United States readies for the Federal Reserve’s FedNow Service rollout, the speed...
Sweden’s central bank, Riksbank, has published a report on the results of the third phase of its central bank digital currency (CBDC) experiments, focusing on governance and programmability issues....
CoinDesk Indices, a CoinDesk subsidiary, and crypto exchange Luno have joined together to start “Luno Large Cap Bundle” to help customers in South Africa access crypto investment bundles, making...
Public sector digitalization is not a new idea for governments around the world, and many countries have made significant progress already. But as people and businesses increasingly adopt and...