And economists say the order simply asks federal agencies to evaluate the viability of such a central bank digital currency – it doesn't authorize or implement it. Follow us on Facebook!

The United States doesn't yet have a CBDC ... some transparency attributes of a public blockchain. A U.S. central bank digital currency (CBDC) wouldn't replace the U.S. dollar.

A United States central bank digital currency (CBDC) would be a digital form of the U.S. dollar. While the U.S. has not yet decided whether it will pursue a CBDC, the U.S. has been closely ...

A central bank digital currency is a form of digital currency issued by a central bank — in the case of the United States, ...

Fabio Panetta, the Governor of the Bank of Italy and a former European Central Bank (ECB) official, has stated that Europe’s ...

The U.S. is studying options for adopting a retail or wholesale central bank digital currency, Under Secretary of Treasury Nellie Liang said in a speech Wednesday. Liang said a consortium of ...

A central bank digital currency is similar to cryptocurrency. Both currencies are digital, but a CBDC is issued by a country's central bank as a form of fiat currency (it has no intrinsic value ...

In fact, it’s even occurring here in the United States ... “Digital Currency or Digital Control?,” neither side looks good. Yet, as the Central Bank of The Bahamas has reported, use of ...

are considering for retail central bank digital currency (CBDC). If properly designed to address the barriers to financial inclusion, CBDCs have the opportunity to gain acceptance by the financially ...

"Central-bank digital currency" doesn’t exactly roll off the tongue. But you might want to get used to saying it. These so-called CBDCs, or digital versions of dollars, yuan, euros, yen or any ...

As the momentum for central bank digital ... We celebrated the new digital services as free, but now we see that the surveillance capitalists behind those services regard us as the free commodity.’ ...