What is a CBDC? A central bank digital currency is a form of digital currency issued by a central bank — in the case of the ...

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 ...

Central bank digital currencies have the potential to improve financial inclusion for women, but only if they are combined ...

US Senator Ted Cruz introduced a bill on March 26 to prohibit the Federal Reserve from issuing a central bank digital currency (CBDC). The “Anti-CBDC Surveillance State Act,” would prohibit the Fed ...

Dr. Nir Yaacobi from the Digital Shekel team at the Bank of Israel shared that participants in the study were randomly ...

Eleven stores in South Korea can now pay using the Bank of Korea’s digital currency. with a 10% discount to incentivize ...

CBDC and the effectiveness of monetary policy Issuing a central bank digital currency (CBDC) could potentially counter the use of Libra. A CDBC could offer a new digital payment rail and an asset for ...

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 ...

The Anti-CBDC Surveillance State Act seeks to block the Fed from issuing a digital currency without Congress' approval to protect privacy.