The global central banking community is actively exploring Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs), which may have a fundamental impact on both domestic and international economic and financial stability. Over...
Authored by Alasdair Macleod via GoldMoney.com There has been much comment over the likelihood that central bank digital currencies will be introduced. I conclude they are unnecessary — a...
The Bank of Canada has been conducting research to determine under what conditions a CBDC would be necessary and which design features would be relevant for Canadians with diverse...
According to the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), a retail central bank digital currency (CBDC) is a broadly available general purpose digital payment instrument, denominated in the jurisdiction’s unit...
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) today launched Ubin+, an expanded collaboration with international partners on cross-border foreign exchange (FX) settlement using wholesale central bank digital currency (CBDC). Ubin+...
Izabella Kaminska The Bank of England and His Majesty’s Treasury announced a joint consultationinto the feasibility of issuing a digital pound this week. The move followed in the footsteps...
The Bank of the Lao PDR Payment Systems Department and SORAMITSU Co., Ltd. have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to launch a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) Proof...
In 2022 significant progress was made on Project Rosalind Phase 1, which focused on developing an experimental open API platform for retail CBDC. This development work is expected to...
As reported in CoinDesk on Nov. 6 and in a Barclays note on Dec. 7, Circle is shifting many of the assets backing its USDC stablecoin from direct holdings...
The International Telecommunication Union is organizing the second edition of the “DC3 Conference – From Cryptocurrencies to Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs)” scheduled to take place place virtually from 24 – 27 January 2023. The DC3 Conference is being organised as...