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Janet Yellen – Treasury Secretary of the United States – recently delivered her first speech solely dedicated to cryptocurrencies. While discussing the risks and benefits of crypto and CBDCs, the…
The South African Reserve Bank stated further work would be undertaken to study the findings from the project and used to inform policy and regulatory responses to DLT and CBDCs.
China’s messaging app giant – WeChat – reportedly enabled digital yuan settlements on its platform. The service is available in all of the 23 regions where the financial product is…
The Swedish CBDC is now technically ready for integration with banks and payment service providers, according to a report from Riksbank.
The report by PwC shows that 80% of central banks are considering or have already launched a CBDC.
Yet another regulatory attack on self-hosted wallets, a digital dollar with privacy protections, and more of the same for spot BTC ETFs.
U.S. Senator Ted Cruz has introduced legislation to prohibit the Federal Reserve from issuing a central bank digital currency (CBDC) directly to individuals and competing with the private sector. The…
According to Patrick Njoroge, the governor of the Kenyan central bank, the significant number of non-smartphones that are in use in Kenya means launching a central bank digital currency (CBDC)…
The central bank of Jamaica doubled down on its plans to design a digital version of its national currency. The institution claimed that the financial product will benefit a considerable…
The Bank of Japan has warned G7 nations that a common regulatory framework for cryptocurrencies needs to be introduced quickly, as current rules do not take into account the potential…