CBDC 1.0 designs are limited by closed source ... Witness economists designing the “architecture” of stablecoins. Everyone speaks in the language of software development, even when they ...

For users without bank accounts, the system would need to provide access points (like that of the m-pesa2 mobile payment system in Kenya) that allow cash-to-CBDC purchases and redemption. The primary ...

Public trust in the privacy design the Bank enacts could be enhanced through third-party reviews of CBDC architecture and operations. The technologies that are or could be used in payment systems are ...

China's e-CNY is one of the biggest global CBDC experiments and is now expanding to Hong Kong. As digital transformation continues to reshape the financial landscape, Central Bank Digital ...

Now that US President Donald Trump has taken his oath of office, the chances for a US central bank digital currency (CBDC) are all but finished. Trump has been a vocal opponent of CBDCs ...

But what does that future look like? With 90 per cent of central banks now exploring their own CBDC (Central Bank Digital Currency) according to McKinsey, the once-fanciful notion that governments ...

A central bank digital currency, or CBDC, is a digital version of a region’s fiat currency, put out by the region’s monetary authority. CBDCs gained a significant spotlight in 2020 ...

Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country, introduced a central bank digital currency (CBDC), the eNaira, into its financial system in late 2021, an action that paved the way for different sets of ...

Texas Senator Ted Cruz has joined a growing group of politicians who have come out in support of anti-CBDC bills, reintroducing legislation to the Senate that would prohibit a direct to consumer ...