The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Saturday called for a review of the Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) demonetisation policy, adding that the law allows Nigerians to demand CBN to...
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 Digital Currency Global Initiative is a collaboration between ITU and Stanford University and its main objectives are: Conduct further research on technical architecture, security, the technical implications and...
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...
Financial messaging system SWIFT has released plans for a worldwide central bank digital currency (CBDC) network, a result of eight months of tests using different technologies and currencies. SWIFT’s...
According to Iran Chamber of Commerce, Central Bank of Iran (CBI) said it will begin the pilot launch of crypto-rial as the bank’s digital currency . The CBI has...
Bringing its API-First, Energy Efficient and DLT-Based Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) Platform to safely test new possibilities in cross-border payments. EMTECH, a first-of-its-kind central banking infrastructure provider, will...
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)....
Haunted by the ghosts of colonialism, poor governance, and the rapid transformation of international markets, many parts of Africa’s economy require major structural changes. But the continent, in particular...