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Facebook-backed consortium still has more than 3 billion customers in its sights

BIS Innovation Hub head asserted the decline of cash use amid the pandemic has renewed the pertinence of bank-issued digital currencies.

China has long been expected to become the first nation to launch a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC). Periodically, reports have popped up regarding the development of the digital currency and today we have another glimmer on the progress driven by the People's Bank of

Mcdonalds has been named along with coffee giant Starbucks as one of the 19 restaurants that will be first to try out China’s Digital Yuan in the new district of Xiong’An.

While everyone expects the People's Bank of China to launch a limited trial of its Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) or Digital Currency Electronic Payment (DCEP) as it is called in the country questions have frequently emerged as to how the government will utilize the

Reserve banks must look into issuing digital versions of cash in order to prevent "privatization" of money: report.

Speakers from Ternio, Monarch, and Utrust weighed in on the future of the industry & the impact of COVID-19.

Starbucks and McDonald’s are among the many retail companies that will allegedly support digital yuan payments in Xiong’an, one of four pilot program locations.

Speakers from Binance.US, BRD, and Vanderbilt Law have weighed in on the pros and cons of a U.S. Fed-backed digital dollar for Cointelegraph Talks.

The crypto exchange OKEx’s CEO, Jay Hao, talks the future of OKEx and the crypto sector, CMC’s acquisition by Binance and his favorite books.

Blockchain technology is becoming more and more common in the traditional finance market with stablecoins and CBDCs — could these bring stability for the crypto industry?

The Dutch central bank, De Nederlandsche Bank made an announcement in its bulletin, saying that it aims to become the world leader in the development of central bank digital currencies (CBDCs). The

Following news of a leaked beta mobile application where users can store, manage and transfer their digital yuan created by the Agricultural Bank of China (ABC), an official from the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) has stepped forth amidst the confusion and lack of available public information to provide greater clarification on what the new Digital Currency/Electronic Payment (DC/EP), China’s official name for the digital yuan, will do.

The Dutch central bank says The Netherlands is well placed to develop and trial a digital Euro.

Central bank will test central bank digital currency in a number of provinces