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The Bank of Russia views CBDCs as a responsible alternative to Bitcoin and wants to take fees from CBDC transactions.

According to official data, Russia’s inflation rate reached 8.1% in October, the highest level in almost six years.

“We should act now to improve access to financial services through other means as well — the need is too great," said Tim Massad.

Nigeria's further efforts to curb the influence of cryptocurrencies have begun to bear fruits as its introduction of a centralised digital currency eNaira has lured about half a million users withi

The Bank of England’s Sir Jon Cunliffe has urged British lawmakers to think “very hard” about the disruption integrating cryptocurrency with traditional finance could wreak.

Major U.S. cities embrace crypto as federal regulators remain much harder to bring around.

Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) is a hot policy topic in the US as well as the rest of the world. Many developed countries are reviewing the potential as well as the potential pitfalls for a CBDC. China is already testing a digital yuan live

Speech by Mr François Villeroy de Galhau, Governor of the Bank of France, at the Climate Finance Day, Paris, 26 October 2021.

Universal interoperability is the missing piece that can unlock stablecoins’ and CBDCs’ potential for the global digital economy.

Speech by Mr François Villeroy de Galhau, Governor of the Bank of France, at the Singapore Fintech Festival, 8 November 2021.

Some 450,000 JD.com customers have used China’s digital yuan for payments as of June.

Officials at Singapore Fintech Festival warn central banks must be alert to risks of CBDCs

Policy work on cross-border CBDCs is “marching beyond the research frontier”, say economists

Minister Monica Mutsvangwa clarified that Zimbabwe is not considering the adoption of cryptocurrencies or Bitcoin.

Central Bank Digital Currencies may soon become legal tenders in their jurisdictions as planned by major central banks in Europe as officials are currently studying such initiatives.