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A bipartisan housing bill was approved in the Senate, carrying an unrelated ban on U.S. central bank digital currencies, but its future remains uncertain.
The US Senate has voted to include a temporary CBDC ban in the 21st Century Road to Housing Act, joining the House of Representatives in banning CBDCs.
The bill including a CBDC ban still faces a winding road to becoming law, due to obstacles in the House and at the White House.
Introduction: The Tangible Hedge Against a Predicted Collapse I’m preparing for food scarcity. Not with a vague sense of unease, but with deliberate, tangible action. While others watch the headlines about Middle East conflicts and rising commodity prices wit…
Republicans in the US House of Representatives have threatened the future of an affordable housing bill if it doesn’t include an outright ban on CBDCs.
America may reject the name “CBDC” while still building the conditions for CBDC-like control through private dollar infrastructure. Washington has ruled out a retail Federal Reserve digital dollar in legal form. At the same time, the stablecoin regime now tak…
A standalone bill that went nowhere in the Senate is now at the center of a congressional fight over how far the government should go to block a digital dollar — and a group of 29 lawmakers wants the answer to be: all the way. Related Reading: Crypto Gets A B…
US Senator Ted Cruz is maintaining a firm campaign against a US central bank digital currency (CBDC). In the latest development, the junior senator representing Texas has pushed for a permanent CBDC ban in the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, to replace an i…
U.S. lawmakers move to block a Federal Reserve CBDC as XRP Ledger activity rises and RLUSD stablecoin liquidity expands.
The e-Rupee link with the UAE will make money transfers a breeze between the two countries. UAE, home to the emirates of Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Sharjah, accounts for 19.2% of remittances into the world’s fourth-largest economy. The CBDC link will bring the two …
Geopolitical tensions turn up the pressure for European legislators The UK is still in the design phase of digital currency as the EU comes under political pressure to accelerate the development of a digital euro to bolster the bloc's sovereignty and resilien…
The Digital Euro Conference 2026 (DEC26) is happening on March 26, 2026, and promises to […]
Europe’s top central bank is watching stablecoins with growing caution. What began as a niche crypto tool is now large enough to draw attention in Frankfurt. Related Reading: US Senate Tucks CBDC Ban Into Housing Bill, Sets 2030 Deadline Based on reports, the…
Japan’s central bank is running blockchain settlement experiments and advancing tokenized central bank money initiatives ahead of a 2026 decision on issuing a digital yen.
The Senate Banking Committee's bipartisan "ROAD to Housing Act" includes a provision banning the Fed from issuing a CBDC before 2031.