But future generations might look back at this as a pivotal moment - the first national launch of a technology that could upend commercial banking and even shake the U.S. dollar's status as the world's de facto currency. ...
But future generations might look back at this as a pivotal moment - the first national launch of a technology that could upend commercial banking and even shake the U.S. dollar's status as ...
A botanical green smoothie and a snapper fish burger, it was. In a Bahamas health-food cafe.
A botanical green smoothie and a snapper fish burger, it was. In a Bahamas health-food cafe.
The coronavirus pandemic has forced governments worldwide to focus on bringing blockchain tech to their financial services
Former CFTC Chair Chris Giancarlo and LabCFTC head Dan Gorfine are forming the Digital Dollar Foundation, working with Accenture to determine how best to create a U.S. central bank digital ...
It seems Patrick Harker, the president of the Philadelphia Fed, has finally got the memo, accepting that central bank digital currencies (CBDC) are “inevitable.” Still, that isn’t enough ...
The Federal Reserve’s Lael Brainard this week tossed fresh regulatory pressure on Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency project, comments that come as central banks around the world work on ...
Expected launch next year raises new questions for China, analysts say.
Central bank digital currencies are being talked about all over the world — CMC breaks down what exactly each country is doing (or not doing!) with their CBDCs.
In Part II of our series on Stablecoins, we look at the incoming Libra coin, what it is, how it was received (hint: not good), how it compares to Bitcoin and what its chances of success is ...
Financial firms are creating their own fiat-pegged coins while regulators are realizing the potential of blockchain. Welcome to the year of the stablecoin
Well, is the China sovereign e-currency really happening?Just last week, reports suggested that four commercial banks in China began large-scale testing of the much-hyped digital currency. ...
The “immediate need” for central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) is up for debate as use cases evade central bankers and policy makers. Despite BoJ’s involvement in investigating CBDCs, ...
Facebook and the Libra Association have just released a white paper on their new cryptocurrency. Analysis of five key differences between Libras and Bitcoins. L
Major central banks are looking at the case for issuing their own digital currencies, the Bank of England and European Central Bank said on Tuesday, amid a growing debate over the future of ...
Central bank digital currency has become a hot topic among finance ministers and central bankers worldwide, with some G20 countries ahead of the rest on work done toward issuing their own ...
A group of seven major central banks including the U.S. Federal Reserve set out on Friday how a digital currency could look like to help catch up with China's "trail blazing" and leapfrog ...
Five of the world's biggest central banks recently announced that they’ve banded together to seriously explore central bank digital currencies.
Chen Ye and Kevin Desouza describe how central banks around the world are planning for and implementing digital currencies within their countries.
The financial market infrastructure in emerging markets is not always able to support all citizens. Worldwide, there are 1.7 billion adults who are unbanked, causing a problem in need of an ...