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Bank of Canada researchers do not feel that the current state of zero-knowledge-proofs is mature enough to be integrated into their development plans for a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC).
The Digital Dollar Project (DDP) is the focus of the Digital Dollar Foundation and advocates the need for a CBDC. In their recently released whitepaper, the DDP stipulates that it aims for the US d
Issues such as financial inclusion and competition with China propelled a hearing on digital dollars before the U.S. Senate today.
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Exploring six major points regarding Tether’s impact on geopolitics and the future development of sovereign digital currency.
Experts from the Bank of Canada have released their thoughts on how a digital dollar should be available to all Canadians.
Speech by Mr Agustín Carstens, General Manager of the BIS, on the occasion of the Bank's Annual General Meeting, Basel, 30 June 2020.
There have been several significant movements forward for digital assets, and there are more to come. Here’s what to keep an eye on.
The lack of progressive jurisdictions in which a particularly attractive regime for regulating derivatives exists keeps crypto in a gray area, and it has to be changed.
The coronavirus pandemic has forced governments worldwide to focus on bringing blockchain tech to their financial services.
The Bank for International Settlements (BIS), a coalition of 62 central banks, has weighed in on the trending topic of central bank digital currencies (CBDCs). The global central bank noted a posit
Will decentralized cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin—that are beyond the influence of Sovereign Governments—be allowed to survive? Not according to American investor and financial commentator Jim Roger
In an interview with CEO of the digital currency company Circle —Jeremy Allaire, Former US head of Treasury Lawrence Summers advocates for cryptocurrency’s benefits.
As Libra and COVID-19 give a push to CBDCs, some projects are looking to dethrone the main international currency.
Pandemic may have strengthened case for central bank digital currency, report says