The new platform was announced as part of the BIS Innovation Hub's priorities and programs for 2021.
The U.S. is going slow on central bank digital currencies (CDBCs) considering the risks they may pose to the dollar’s dominance, the Fed Chair said Thursday.
Bitcoin's powerful move over the past couple months to a market value of more than $700 billion is suddenly commanding more attention from global financial regulators.
With a runway of a year or more before the Federal Reserve and other major central banks can launch digital currencies, bitcoin and other private cryptocurrencies could gain a foothold in electronic commerce.
LCX has been granted eight out of the 11 crypto-related licenses in Liechtenstein.
The Stellar Development Foundation's work with Ukraine's government to digitize the hryvnia will officially launch this month.
The latest digital currency giveaway is aimed to gauge user experience ahead of an expected launch.
The future of money will be a tussle between algorythmic and fiat-pegged stablecoins and central bank digital currency experiments.
Almost 50 monetary authorities and central banks are researching and developing wholesale or retail CBDCs. What does 2021 hold in store?
Faced by the rise of stablecoins and other blockchain experiments, central banks had to up their monetary game – and they did.