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Central bank opts for two-tier model for retail digital currency

Bank Indonesia is planning to launch its central state digital currency in response to the increasingly prosperous cryptocurrency market.

Central bank to investigate issuance of a “general-purpose” complement to cash

Monetary Authority of Singapore and Mojaloop Foundation to support the financially underserved with digital currency settlement systems.

BIS Innovation Hub chief speaks about fintech risks for supervisors and monetary policy-makers, and hub development plans

HSBC revealed that the bank has no plan to offer virtual currency as investments to their clients by starting cryptocurrency trading.

HSBC will not be joining the growing list of major banks offering Bitcoin and crypto investment products to customers and clients.

The Federal Reserve Governor has urged the United States to be at the forefront of developing CBDC to maintain the U.S. dollar’s role as a global reserve currency.

South Korea's central bank on Monday said it would choose a technology supplier to build a pilot platform for a digital currency, moving a step closer to creating a central bank-backed digital curr

Speech (via webcast) by Ms Lael Brainard, Member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, at the Consensus by CoinDesk 2021 Conference, Washington DC, 24 May 2021.

The South African Reserve Bank has begun exploratory studies on central bank digital currencies.

Model under consideration would be intermediated by national financial system

After banning crypto payments back in 2017, Indonesia is looking to allow payments in a digital rupiah currency.

No-coiners might have taken opportunity to buy Bitcoin dip, as Goldman Sachs says BTC is investable asset: Report.

South Korea’s state digital currency pilot is scheduled to run from August to December 2021.