CBDCs

Authors: Ross Buckley and Mia Trzecinski, UNSWFor almost 80 years, the US dollar has dominated the global financial system. Its pre-eminence survived the collapse of the Bretton Woods system in the early 1970s and has even risen since…

In a Word on the Block interview, Mitchell Amador, the founder and chief executive officer of Immunefi, a Web 3.0 bug bounty platform, told Forkast about how the introduction of central bank digital currencies may highlight the security…

There’s an interesting perspective outlined in this article from Ledger Insights, which is that budding CBDCs issued in advanced economies will more likely be wholesale than retail. Digital Finance…

The Canadian federal government is set to launch a consultation on cryptocurrencies, stablecoins, and Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) as revealed in its new mini-budget.The government's “2022 Fall Economic Statement” released on…

Cambodia was a leader in launching a CBDC, but what about the rest of Southeast Asia?getty Cambodia became one of the first countries in the world to launch a central bank digital currency (CBDC) in October 2020. As adoption of…

The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) and four central banks have completed a successful pilot of the use of central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) by commercial banks for foreign exchange transactions…

Readers of a certain age will remember Carnac the Magnificent, Johnny Carson’s recurring alter ego. As Carnac, the late-night host would list off three seemingly unrelated words, all of which answered a question that was sealed in…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqBG0eq7K1A According to the Atlantic Council’s CBDC Tracker, 105 countries are exploring adoption of a ‘Central Bank Digital Currency’ (CBDC), a digital money that a central bank…

(Kitco News) "Anything that crypto can do, CBDCs can do better" is the sentence that describes the Bank for International Settlements' vision for the future monetary policy system. The future of money…

Chile is still considering whether to move forward with a central bank digital currency (CBDC), in spite of previously disclosed plans to have a proposal ready by early this year.  In a preliminary report issued on May 11, Chile's…