Donald Trump has officially banned the creation of a U.S. central bank digital currency (CBDC), but upon close examination, ...

Kyrgyzstan launch USDKG, a gold-backed stablecoin, shifting from CBDCs to asset-backed digital currency to enhance financial ...

Crypto assets were under scrutiny in the U.S. Congress on March 11. The House of Representatives Financial Services Committee debated the merits of ...

Gold Dollar (USDKG), a gold-backed stablecoin ... Rather than pursuing a CBDC, Kyrgyzstan has opted for an open regulatory framework that embraces blockchain, promotes financial inclusion, and ...

PayPal backed Indian fintech Mintoak has acquired Digiledge in a deal valued at nearly $3.5m, marking its first deal in the country’s central bank digital currency (CBDC) space, Reuters reported.

Mumbai: Nine months after the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) announced allowing non-bank payments players into central bank digital currency (CBDC) pilots, two private fintech firms, CRED and ...

From that, it is easy to see how a CBDC could be used as another tool in the kitbag of an authoritarian government. Digital currency plans in the UK and the Eurozone incorporate meaningful checks ...

The Reserve Bank of India started a pilot for the CBDC, or e-rupee, a digital alternative to physical currency, in December 2022, and last April, it expanded the scope of transactions to payment ...

With the use of central bank digital currency (CBDC) remaining low, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is now exploring cash transfer schemes by state governments as a means to promote the digital rupee.