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The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) officially announced to pilot its central bank digital currency programme on the Hyperledger Fabric blockchain on October 1.
The Central Bank of Nigeria will start the pilot of its central bank digital currency, which runs on the Hyperledger Fabric blockchain, on Oct. 1.
Next week, the House Committee on Financial Services will hold a hearing on Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs). This is not the first Congressional hearing on CBDCs, nor will it be the last. The concept of a digital dollar, issued by a central bank, is
RBI is looking for ways to test a CBDC while causing little to no disruption for the bank’s status quo.
China's central bank digital currency can now be used on insurance policies that offer various levels of compensation for diagnosis of or death due to COVID-19.
Authors make case for “public digital payments” as tool to boost competition and innovation
Central bank chooses telecoms company subsidiary following tender process
China’s Foreign Ministry responded to U.S. senators’ claim regarding the digital yuan’s function as a tracking and tracing tool during the 2022 Beijing Winter Games.
ConsenSys, a major Ethereum software company, will also contribute its technology to South Korean CBDC simulations led by Ground X.
Three U.S. Republican senators urged United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee (USOPC) to ban American athletes from acquiring or using digital yuan (e-CNY) in the Beijing Winter Olympics in 202
The Bank of Canada suggested that a Canadian CBDC could provide a number of innovations, including the elimination of transaction fees from debit and credit cards.
Central bank confirms digital yuan will be direct central bank liability
Three senators urged the Olympic committee to work with federal agencies "to protect the privacy of American athletes from the Chinese Communist Government."
Yale Professor Gary B. Gorton and Jeffery Zhang of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System have co-authored a 49-page paper called, “Taming Wildcat Stablecoins.”
Swedish central bank points to false online information claiming it is selling e-kronor