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CBDCs: Ukraine's reserve bank official claims central bank digital currencies need private sector to be successful.

China can reverse Bitcoin transactions, a Ripple exec said.

Central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) are in the limelight. But the reasons for issuing them vary between countries, as do the policy approaches and technical designs. This paper looks at the economic and institutional motives behind current CBDC projects and asks how they might shape the design of such currencies.

The COVID-19 pandemic might help to further Qatar’s national strategy in the fintech and blockchain spaces to reduce the crisis’s impact.

The Reserve Bank of Australia, Payments System Board, recently held a meeting to review several issues including the issuance of Central Bank Digital Currency (CDBC). The Bank noted that the Australian payments system has performed well during the COVID-19 pandemic. Cash during COVID has become

What are CBDCs and the risks they possess, and how might they reshape our economies?

A former chief economist of the IMF said neither private digital currencies nor central bank digital currencies should hold a monopoly.

It is no secret that China has long been working on a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC). Today, there is a video circulating on Twitter of an individual using the digital RMB. China is starting to test the Digital RMB and educate its citizens.

XRP contributes to the development of CBDCs and stablecoins, says key exec.

The Bank of England is keeping central bank digital currency research high on its 2020 agenda.

RBL Bank announced that it will partner with Accenture, who envisions that it will enhance the bank’s information technology (IT) network and services.

A source close to the matter said that China's CBDC pilot program "has not yet been expanded on a large scale," and the test is just "internal and closed.”

The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston has partnered with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to research the feasibility of cryptocurrencies co-existing with fiat currencies

Moka, an Intelligent Recruitment Management System, Completes 100-million-yuan Series B+ Financing Moka, a provider of intelligent recruitment management solutions, has completed a Series B+ round of financing of more than 100 million yuan led by a well-known venture capital fund. Up to now, Moka’s B

In the EU, getting laws right on Libra could be the best way to speed up a digital euro from the European Central Bank.