CBDCs news articles
VanEck Estimates $23 Billion Surge in Bitcoin Buying from State-Level Reserve Bills
A Strategic Bitcoin Reserve (SBR) is one of the most anticipated crypto events in 2025. It has investors hoping the US Federal Government wi...
Fed Chair Powell Supports Stablecoin Regulation, Commits To Examining Crypto Debanking Trend
The US crypto industry has supporters in some very important positions — Acting SEC Chair Mark T. Uyeda, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent,...
Incoming Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent Says No Need for US CBDC
The Trump era is just days away, and the crypto community awaits eagerly to see how the regulatory landscape will shift under his leadership...
UK to Finalise Crypto Regulations by 2026; Morocco to End Crypto Ban
United Kingdom financial regulator, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), is catching up on crypto regulation. While the European Union is ...
Chainlink, Banco Inter, and Microsoft Sync Up to Power Brazil’s CBDC Pilot
Brazil’s central bank, Banco Central do Brasil (BCB), has entered the second phase of its Drex central bank digital currency (CBDC) pilot,...
Trump-Ripple CEO Meeting Rumour Sends XRP Past $1 in Weekend Trading
XRP is (almost) back. One of the better-known projects, XRP has had a tough introduction to the 2020s, with its price languishing unde...
US Treasury Expresses Concerns Over Stablecoins, Advocates Transitioning to CBDCs
The rapid growth of stablecoins has raised concerns within the US Treasury Department, which now suggests moving away from private stablecoi...
RBA Shifts Focus, Drops Retail CBDC, Prioritises Wholesale in New Roadmap
In a speech delivered yesterday to the Intersekt Fintech Conference in Melbourne, the Reserve Bank of Australia’s (RBA) Assistant Governor...
Donald Trump Vows to Ban CBDCs in the US if Elected
“A Dangerous Threat to Freedom” During a speech in New Hampshire, the former President of the United States spoke out against the creati...
Palau Makes Waves with Ripple: Groundbreaking Stablecoin Pilot Soars in Phase 1 Report
A Pioneering Endeavour for A Small Island State Palau, a tiny Pacific nation, consists of around 340 islands in the Caroline Islands chain, ...
BIS Unveils ‘Project Tourbillon’ to Offer Cash-Like Anonymity in Retail CBDCs
Why Project Tourbillon Project Tourbillon is a pioneering step in addressing the balance between privacy, security, and scalability in the d...
Solomon Islands, Soramitsu team up for Bokolo Cash CBDC proof-of-concept
The Central Bank of Solomon Islands has launched a proof-of-concept for a central bank digital currency called Bokolo Cash. Japanese blockch...