Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
Bank of France, the Swiss National Bank (SNB), and the Bank for International Settlements have successfully tested the application of wholesale central bank digital currency in cross-border payments. The project used distributed ledger technology and...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 years ago
One of the world’s biggest Bitcoin mining countries is still thinking about whether it needs a central bank digital currency. Kazakhstan, one of the world’s largest c...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 years ago
Two more Eastern Caribbean nations have begun using the DCash system, which allows payments and transfers of the digital EC dollar CBDC. The Eastern Caribbean Central...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 years ago
Following Treasurer Josh Frydenberg’s “payments and crypto reform plan,” the RBA has published a report exploring DLT tech and wholesale CBDC issuance. The Reserve Ban...
Cryptocoins News / NewsBTC - 2 years ago
The Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB) expanded its CBDC (DCash) to two more nations of the commonwealth: Dominica and Montserrat. Now, the digital version of the EC dollar has been rolled out in seven out of all eight-member from ECCU countries....
Cryptocoins News / NewsBTC - 2 years ago
Apparently, the People’s Bank Of China is considering using blockchain technology to power the Digital Yuan CBDC. The coin, also known as Digital renminbi or digital RMB, has been in beta-testing for a while now. However, Di Gang, deputy director of...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
A paper published by the European Central Bank (ECB) discusses various conditions for successful implementation of central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) such as the eurozone’s own digital euro. The authors also point to different risks that...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 years ago
“CBDC would be part of an effort to address the use of crypto in financial transactions,” Central Bank of Indonesia assistant governor Juda Agung said. Central bank di...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
The Central Bank of Nigeria has said it wants players in the country’s payment industry to develop and help introduce products based on its central bank digital currency, the e-naira.
Central Bank Open to Suggestions
In its bid to d...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
Florens Luoga, the governor of the Bank of Tanzania, said the apex bank has kickstarted preparations for a central bank digital currency. He said the bank was doing this to ensure Tanzania is not left behind as other countries adopt digital currencie...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 years ago
The central bank has “already begun preparations” for a digital shilling, according to Bank of Tanzania Governor Florens Luoga. The Bank of Tanzania is reportedly plan...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 3 years ago
The Bank of England estimates that 20% of retail and consumer deposits could potentially move toward CBDCs. In an event streamed live on Wednesday, Bank of England g...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 3 years ago
The publication contains eight separate white papers exploring topics including the impact of lawmakers regulating stablecoins and central bank digital currencies as well as informing rea...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 3 years ago
The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) governor, Patrick Njoroge, has said his institution is currently exploring the use of central bank digital currencies (CBDC) to settle cross-border payments. Njoroge however insists the bank’s priority is gettin...
Cryptocoins News / CoinJournal - 3 years ago
The top cryptocurrencies grabbed headlines this week following a market-wide market tumble that saw over $250 billion wiped off the sector
Bitcoin slid below $60,000 early on Tuesday and despites effort to bounce back, the crypto coin continued bleed...