Government interest in central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) remains strong, with volatility in global cryptocurrency markets in mid-2022 strengthening the case for greater regulation and state involvement in the...
The Digital Dollar Project (DDP) announced today the launch of its Technical Sandbox Program to jumpstart further exploration of technical implementations of a U.S. central bank digital currency (CBDC)....
Nigeria was the first African country and a significant economy to launch Central Bank Digital Currency – eNaira on Oct. 25, 2021, currently it is the largest economy in...
This paper discusses critical considerations in the design of central bank digital currency (CBDC) in West Africa through a comparative case study of Ghana’s (eCedi) and Nigeria’s (eNaira) design...
By Carmelle Cadet, CEO of EMTECH A growing number of countries and institutions proclaim climate change as a defining issue of our time. Intergovernmental agencies such as the UN...
Alipay, WeChatPay mobile payments dull appeal of central bank’s efforts Eight years after China first embarked on the path toward a digital yuan, the central bank’s pilot program for...
The Bank of Japan (BoJ) has concluded that it is not technically feasible for the government to release a central bank digital currency (CBDC) at the moment according to...
The Algorand research team today publishes “Issuing Central Bank Digital Currency Using Algorand,” a new report capturing insights from more than a year of continued research into how CBDCs...
Singapore’s financial regulator and central bank has pledged to be “brutal and unrelentingly hard” on any “bad behavior” from the cryptocurrency industry. The comments come from Monetary Authority of...