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Uganda has launched a CBDC pilot backed by treasury bonds as part of a $5.5 billion asset tokenization project, while Kenya nears crypto regulation with a new VASP bill.

The euro’s problem is that the European Union is not a state — and war is the fastest way to become one.

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Banks and fintechs should collaborate more and improve to enhance aggregation, leverage financial data, build more use-cases for central bank digital currency (CBDC) or the e-rupee, enable asset tokenisation across different asset classes, and counter the men…

The Reserve Bank of India has launched a retail sandbox for its central bank digital currency (CBDC), enabling fintech firms to develop and test solutions for the ongoing pilot. This initiative follows the commencement of the e-rupee pilot on December 1, 2022…

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With more than a year until US elections to determine control of Congress, a new poll suggested some crypto-minded Democratic voters could be swayed to vote Republican.

Fasset has secured a provisional license from Malaysia’s Labuan FSA to launch the world’s first stablecoin-powered Islamic digital bank, offering Shariah-compliant services.

Experts say India is replacing its "tax-and-tolerate" stance with stricter oversight, favoring state-guaranteed digital currency.

Estimating the total number of CBDC users at around 7 million, RBI's deputy governor T. Rabi Sankar says the central bank is in ‘no hurry’ to project a target for the number of users or open up the pilots for mass use.

The Indian government has expressed renewed skepticism toward crypto while unveiling a new RBI-backed digital currency project and a deposit tokenization initiative.

When Silicon Valley's darkest company is warning about the dangers of the UK's proposed digital identity system, something may be amiss.

RBI Deputy Governor T Rabi Sankar discusses CBDC, AI, and financial inclusion at Global Fintech Fest 2025.

The tech sector has a great talent for using words whose superficial meaning is reinforced through intense though misleading marketing but whose actual meaning turns out to be quite different. Consider the name “stablecoin,” a simple term given to a …

Prime Minister Mark Carney hopes to find relief for Canada’s steel and aluminum sectors during a meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington on Tuesday, according to a government source. The trip marks Carney’s second visit to Washington since his …