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MAS to test “live” wholesale CBDC next year

Central bank chief Ravi Menon backs CBDCs, stablecoins and tokenised bank liabilities as digital money

Nov 16, 2023centralbanking
Kazakhstan officially launches digital tenge

The chairman of the National Payment Corporation has made the first transaction with the central bank digital currency.

Nov 15, 2023cointelegraphDigital Tenge
IMF head: CBDCs can replace cash, help financial inclusion

International Monetary Fund managing director Kristalina Georgieva urged the public sector to “keep preparing to deploy” central bank digital currencies.

Nov 15, 2023cointelegraph
APEC finance ministers to share perspectives on crypto at meeting in San Francisco

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said she is looking forward to hearing from the finance ministers of some of the world’s most crypto-forward countries.

Nov 13, 2023cointelegraph
CBDCs could challenge foundations of monetary economics, says Tombini

BIS Americas chief thinks digital currencies could co-exist with other rapid payment systems

Nov 10, 2023centralbanking
ECCB preparing to launch ‘DCash 2.0’

Timothy Antoine says central bank digital currency could help ‘bridge the financial inclusion gap’

Nov 9, 2023centralbankingDCash
BIS Conference Addresses Cybersecurity in Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDC)

Agustín Carstens, General Manager of the Bank for International Settlements, highlighted the importance of cybersecurity for central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) during a conference in Basel, Sw

Nov 9, 2023blockchainnews
BIS general manager urges central banks to “lead innovation” for CBDCs

Agustín Carstens called CBDCs the “central element” of central bank leadership in innovation.

Nov 8, 2023cointelegraph
Jury finds SBF guilty on all charges, sentencing set for March 2024: Law Decoded

Bankman-Fried’s crimes each carry a maximum sentence of five to 20 years in prison.

Nov 6, 2023cointelegraphHelvetia
Ripple to power Georgia’s central bank digital currency, the digital Lari

The National Bank of Georgia will use the CBDC platform to assess Digital Lari's benefits for the government, businesses, and retail users.

Nov 3, 2023cointelegraphDigital Peso
SNB to launch live wCBDC pilot in December

ECB’s wholesale digital euro exploratory work will start in 2024

Nov 3, 2023centralbanking
Digital yuan used to settle crude oil trade

Chinese oil company Petro China reportedly bought one million barrels of crude oil in digital yuan

Nov 3, 2023centralbankinge-CNY
Swiss wholesale CBDC pilot kicks off in alliance with central, commercial banks

The Swiss wCBDC pilot project will be hosted on SDX and use the infrastructure of Swiss Interbank Clearing.

Nov 2, 2023cointelegraphHelvetia
Survey: 65% of Spaniards aren’t interested in using digital euro

The country’s population doesn’t demonstrate as high a confidence level in the European Central Bank’s digital currency project as the government does, according to the survey.

Nov 1, 2023cointelegraphDigital Euro
Kenya to introduce digital IDs for citizens by year-end

The Kenyan government plans to roll out its digital identification system in December 2023 after the testing period, which will take the next few months.

Oct 31, 2023cointelegraph