CBDCs news articles
China Rolls Out CBDCs for Public Transport
China’s central bank digital currency, the e-CNY, is now being piloted in several cities for use in public transport and schooling. Ex...
Australian Central Bank Goes Public With CBDC Trial
Last year, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) pronounced that it “saw no strong case” for a retail central bank digital currenc...
Reserve Bank of Australia Chief: Private Stablecoins May Be Better Than CBDCs
In a recent panel discussion of the G20 finance officials meeting in Indonesia, Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) governor Philip Lowe signall...
Sri Lanka Reiterates Crypto Warning as President Flees Amid Civil Uprising
Sri Lanka is in the throes of mass protests over an economic crisis that this week saw its President, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, flee the country o...
Ripple Pushes for Dominance on XRP Ledger, Launches ‘Innovation Challenge’
Ripple, the company behind the cryptocurrency XRP and the XRP Ledger (XRPL), has launched an innovation challenge to encourage the developme...
European Central Bank Claims Fixed Supply for its CBDC: 1.5 Trillion Euros
The European Central Bank’s executive board member Fabio Panetta has announced that the ECB will limit the digital euro to a maximum suppl...
90% of Central Banks are Exploring CBDCs: BIS Report
A survey by the Bank For International Settlements (BIS) has found that nine out of 10 of the central banks surveyed are exploring central b...
Bahamas to Allow Citizens to Pay Taxes with Digital Assets
Citizens of the Bahamas will be able to pay their taxes using cryptocurrency, as per this week’s release of a white paper from the Bah...
Australia and Singapore Create New FinTech Bridge to Grow Digital Finance
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and the Australian Treasury have come together to sign the Australia-Singapore FinTech Bridge Agre...
80% of Central Banks Are Considering Launching a CBDC
At least 80 percent of the world’s banks are considering launching a central bank digital currency (CBDC), according to a report from ...
Australia Explores Multi-CBDC Platform For International Settlements
The central banks of Australia, Singapore, Malaysia and South Africa, in conjunction with the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), have...
MIT Partners with Canada’s Central Bank to Study CBDCs
The US Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the Bank of Canada have announced an agreement to collaborate on CBDC (Central Bank D...