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 hour 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… 1 week 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… 3 weeks 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… 3 weeks 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… 3 weeks 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… 4 weeks 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… 4 weeks ago (upd. 20.02.2024) #CBDC #Finance #News
News India’s Retail CBDC to Support Offline Payments The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is considering several offline solutions for the central bank digital currency (CBDC) to enhance the use of the digital rupee in remote areas of… 1 month ago (upd. 09.02.2024) #CBDC #News
News BIS to Continue Tokenization and CBDC Experiments in 2024 The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) plans to continue a series of pilot projects in 2024 to explore tokenization. In addition, it will explore the creation and interoperability of central… 2 months ago (upd. 29.01.2024) #CBDC #Finance #News
News Financial Area of Shanghai Joins CBDC Project The Chinese government plans to increase the international activity of the Shanghai Special Economic Zone by connecting it to the central bank digital currency (CBDC) testing. By 2027, the digital… 2 months ago (upd. 26.01.2024) #CBDC #Finance #News