March 18, 2023 Russian Parliament Votes on Bill Opening Door for Digital Ruble Russian lawmakers have approved a draft law facilitating the implementation… More...
March 16, 2023 India, UAE to explore CBDC bridge to facilitate trade, remittances without USD The bridge would be the second for the UAE, whose banks successfully… More...
March 16, 2023 European Parliament votes to form final law on EU digital wallet Introduced in 2021, the European Digital Identity framework aims… More...
March 15, 2023 CBDCs could provide smooth cross-border payments, says Bank of Israel official Yoav Soffer, the advisor to the deputy governor and CBDC project manager,… More...
March 15, 2023 India and UAE To Collaborate on CBDC Development India and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) will collaborate on central… More...
March 15, 2023 Central Bank Digital Currency Transactions to Reach $213 Billion Annually by 2030, Research Shows A new study shows that payments via central bank digital currencies… More...
March 13, 2023 SD Governor Urges 20 States to Block Legislation That Bans Crypto’s Use as Money — Says ‘Its a Threat to Our Freedom’ South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem has vetoed a bill that bans the use… More...
March 13, 2023 CBDCs should protect privacy, not be a surveillance tool: Former CFTC chair The former CFTC chair argues that AML and KYC measures are outdated… More...
March 13, 2023 EU Merchants Could Be Required to Accept Digital Euro, Ministers Told Governments from the euro currency bloc are due to discuss strategic… More...
March 10, 2023 Nigerian president-elect aims to use blockchain technology in the banking sector The Nigerian president-elect wants to review existing SEC digital… More...
March 10, 2023 Iran’s Crypto Rial Project Enters Trial Phase The pre-trial stage of the project to introduce a digital Iranian … More...
March 9, 2023 Fed Chair Powell Provides Update on US Central Bank Digital Currency Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell has provided an update on … More...
March 9, 2023 Digital Real Pilot to Run on Ethereum-Compatible, Permissioned Blockchain According to the Central Bank of Brazil, the digital real pilot project… More...
March 9, 2023 Senior U.S. House Republican Says CBDCs Could Be ‘Weaponized’ as Political Tool One of the top Republican lawmakers, Rep. Tom Emmer (R-Minn.), is… More...
March 9, 2023 SWIFT’s CBDC pilot test shows promising results for cross-border payment On March 9, SWIFT, the global interbank messaging platform, released… More...
March 9, 2023 SWIFT to Conduct More Tests With CBDC Project The banking network will now look at applications like securities… More...
March 8, 2023 China’s Wechat Adds Support for Digital Yuan Payments Chinese social media platform Wechat has introduced support for … More...
March 8, 2023 BIS Releases Report On ‘Project Icebreaker’ — Develops Cross-Border Retail CBDC Payment Model The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) has released a report… More...
March 7, 2023 WeChat integrates digital yuan into its payment platform Chinese social media platform WeChat has incorporated the digital… More...
March 6, 2023 The dark side of CBDCs – a Nigeria case study Not all that glitters is gold. The current CBDC situation in Nigeria… More...
March 6, 2023 BIS wraps exploration project on retail CBDC payment system The bank concluded that a ‘hub-and-spoke’ model between CBDC domestic… More...
March 6, 2023 BIS Says ‘Hub and Spoke’ Cross-Border Transfers Offer Benefits for Retail CBDC The model explored in Project Icebreaker would offer retail users… More...
March 6, 2023 Iran completes pre-pilot phase of central bank digital currency The Central Bank of Iran progresses with CBDC development in anticipation… More...
March 6, 2023 Pakistan banks agree on blockchain-based KYC system development The blockchain-based national eKYC banking platform aims to strengthen… More...
March 5, 2023 Gold Bug Schiff Says ‘The Months of Declining Inflation Are in the Review Mirror,’ AI Crypto Assets Surge, and More — Week in Review Economist and gold enthusiast Peter Schiff has said that the U.S. … More...
March 5, 2023 Reserve Bank of Australia Unveils Proposed CBDC Use Cases The Reserve Bank of Australia said on March 3 that it has selected 14… More...