Stablecoins can mediate between central bank digital currencies and the consumer payments universe, says Sila's Alex Lipton.
Synthetic CBDCs could let the private sector manage digital currencies backed by central banks, says the IMF's Tommaso Mancini-Griffoli.
The Bank of England will not budge on its design principles for any future CBDC.
Some Americans are still waiting for stimulus support. Would a digital dollar have helped disburse funds? Here's a breakdown of the debate.
A blueprint for a central bank digital currency designed with a specific purpose: stopping layoffs.
China’s central bank confirmed it will be testing a mobile app for the digital yuan in four cities, with a fifth in the works, and emphasized it’s a test.
The People’s Bank of China has sent one of its strongest signals yet of a commitment to creating a digital national currency.
France's central bank is calling for digital currency proposals with an experiment that moves it to the front of Europe's CBDC debate.
As the federal government looks for ways to distribute coronavirus aid, support for a digital dollar is gaining steam in Washington D.C.
The Bank of Canada does not see the need to create a central bank digital currency unless a competitor – like Libra – starts dethroning the existing fiat.
From stopping double-lending in its credit industry to an escape from dollar hegemony, China has every reason in the world to invest in blockchain.
Central bank digital currencies have been a hot topic in blockchain circles recently, but central banks are lukewarm about blockchains.
Riksbank's e-krona pilot will run on distributed ledger tech, but the entire project will be operated as only a simulation through at least 2021.
In the wake of Libra and CBDCs, we need better definitions for what is and isn't a cryptocurrency.
PBOC wants to distinguish its own digital currency from rival private initiatives.