News Bundesbank and MIT Investigate CBDC Security Germany’s central bank and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) will join forces to study several aspects of central bank digital currency (CBDC) design, particularly security and privacy. Deutsche Bundesbank… 6 days ago (upd. 18.04.2024) #CBDC #News
News ECB to Study DLT Systems in Dealing with Tokenized Securities The European Central Bank plans to test the capabilities of DLT systems in handling tokenized assets and the digital euro (CBDC) on the D7 trading platform from Clearstream. Clearstream, the… 2 weeks ago (upd. 09.04.2024) #CBDC #News #Token
News Riksbank Shared Results of CBDC Pilot Project The Riksbank shared the results of the latest phase of the central bank digital currency (CBDC) pilot project, which focused on the system’s offline functionality. Further research has been put… 1 month ago (upd. 21.03.2024) #CBDC #News
Columns Why Digital Dollar Launch Is Inevitable, But U.S. Has No Consensus on It? A central bank digital currency (CBDC) is one of the trigger topics around which the information campaign is unfolding in the pre-election presidential race in the United States. At that,… 1 month ago (upd. 18.03.2024) #CBDC #Editor’s_choice #Finance
News Hong Kong and Philippines Launch Wholesale CBDCs Two central banks announced the launch of wholesale digital central bank currency (wCBDC) pilot projects — the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) unveiled Project Ensemble, and the Governor of the… 2 months ago (upd. 08.03.2024) #CBDC #Finance #News
News Fed Insists CBDC Issue Is Necessary to Strengthen Dollar Analysts of the Federal Reserve System warn that the development of CBDCs and stablecoins in other countries may weaken the role of the U.S. dollar in the global economy. Issuing… 2 months ago (upd. 28.02.2024) #CBDC #News
News Hackers Created Phishing App for Digital Yuan Chinese authorities uncovered a fake digital yuan app that hackers use to gain access to user assets and sensitive information. The Chinese Ministry of Industry and Information Technology warned of… 2 months ago (upd. 27.02.2024) #CBDC #News #Scam
News U.S. Senators Release Anti-CBDC Bill An initiative to release a digital dollar (CBDC) in the U.S. met resistance in the upper chamber of Congress. A group of senators put forward a bill that could lead… 2 months ago (upd. 27.02.2024) #CBDC #News
News Turkey’s CBDC Pilot Project Moves to New Stage The Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey (CBRT) reported on the successes of the first phase of the digital lira (CBDC) pilot tests and outlined the government’s plans for… 2 months ago (upd. 21.02.2024) #CBDC #News
News EU Commercial Banks Oppose Launch of Digital Euro Representatives of the EU banking sector are expressing concern that the introduction of the digital euro (CBDC) could trigger a severe economy-wide banking crisis. Representatives of the European Central Bank… 2 months ago (upd. 20.02.2024) #CBDC #Finance #News