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Ledger’s Glen Woo believes that China’s central bank digital currency could be deployed using existing payment rails without citizens noticing the change.

During an open hearing by the House Committee On Financial services yesterday, the Honorable Christopher Giancarlo once again advocated for the use of a central bank digital currency (CBDC), effect

As the monetary impacts of the coronavirus drive discussions surrounding central bank digital currencies, a U.K. blockchain firm has proposed a CDBD system to the Bank of England.

Congressman Warren Davidson recaps yesterday’s hearing on the digital dollar, which seemed to reach new consensus across party lines — but the devil is in the details.

Blockchain for distributing votes and independent digital dollars take center stage in the this week’s regulation news.

In the aftermath of disappointingly slow COVID-19 stimulus payments, Congress hears testimony on using digital dollars to upgrade the U.S.’s legacy financial infrastructure.

The Bank of Ghana’s first deputy governor says the institution remains committed to piloting a central bank digital currency.

Opening central bank balance sheet to consumers could create “deposit monopolist”, research says

An article published by Yonhap suggests that South Korean merchants are open to accepting digital yuan as a payment method in the near future.

A new working paper from the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia indicates that the development of a central bank digital currency (CBDC) may create a fundamental shift in the way banks operate.

The US Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia has published a paper on Central Bank Digital Currencies or CBDCs. This is a hot sector of digital assets as CBDCs have the potential to supplant paper currency at some point in the future. Yet many questions remain

Joel Telpner reveals some of the steps the Marshall Islands is taking to launch its national digital currency.

The advent of digital money will threaten the U.S. dollar’s global dominance, but it won’t be easy to dethrone the current global reserve currency.

Crypto pundits believe that central bank digital currencies based on public-private partnerships could see the light of day much sooner, as many solutions under development use the approach.

A U.S. think tank working towards a digitized dollar has released a white paper detailing inaugural aims and use cases for a central bank digital currency.