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Speech by Ms Michelle W Bowman, Member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, at the American Bankers Association Community Banking Conference, Palm Desert, California, 21 February 2022.

ECB’s Panetta says “stablecoins are not money”, as Brainard weighs CBDC as possible alternative

The Jam-DEX is named after the Jamaican Digital Exchange following a competition. Its slogan is “no cash, no problem!”

Nonfungible tokens, or NFTs, exchanges will need to navigate conflicting aims for the required transparency and the desired anonymity.

Another tentative deadline for the Finance Ministry and central bank to reach a compromise passes as an expected bill does not arrive.

“A U.S. CBDC may be one potential way to ensure that people around the world who use the dollar can continue to rely on the strength and safety of U.S. currency to transact and conduct business in the digital financial system,” said Lael Brainard.

Both President Barack Obama and the previous administration issued executive orders related to digital assets.

Foreign users are using hardware e-CNY wallets more at the Olympics, while domestic users mainly go for software wallets.

The Bank of Russia (BoR) has announced the commencement of its Digital Ruble trials, making the most ambitious push for a functional CBDC in the country.

The Bank of Russia reports on the first digital ruble tests as planned but continues to fight against Bitcoin adoption.

While the central bank announced its intention to launch a CBDC, exact details are still scarce.

The country's finance minister admitted to not having enough information to make a fateful call.

Blockchain-based architecture was deemed “not a good match” as researchers weighed several technological designs.

As a change of tune about crypto assets, the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK), Kenya’s apex bank, seeks to know the public's view about the potential introduction of CBDC.