China's central bank, part of CoinDesk's new 50 list, is a pioneer of central digital currencies. Now the rest of the world is racing to catch up.
New Zealand’s central bank is looking for a Head of Money and Cash to focus "on the future of money” and be a "thought leader" for digital currency.
Consensus:Distributed speaker and CoinDesk columnist Ajit Tripathi argues the pandemic will normalize the use of CBDCs and cryptocurrencies.
The food and beverage giants are among the restaurants and retail shops reportedly on a local government list for testing of China's central bank digital currency.
The Dutch Central Bank is making a bid to become the European Union’s proving ground for a central bank digital currency.
With stablecoin announcements from China and Libra in the same week, the war over the future of money is reaching a new height, says our columnist.
The Agricultural Bank of China has rolled out an internal test interface for the nation's central bank digital currency, allowing whitelisted users to register and trialing certain functions.
Analysts from the U.K.'s central bank said private currencies could work alongside any future CBDC initiative if they offered real utility.
The People’s Bank of China has sent one of its strongest signals yet of a commitment to creating a digital national currency.
The Bank of Korea has historically been skeptical about CBDCs, but now it's having to keep up.
BIS researchers think COVID-19 may accelerate the adoption of digital payments and sharpen the debate over central bank digital currencies.
Central banks are well placed to deliver regular, no-questions-asked monthly payments to everyone, and to manage any ensuing inflation.
Which digital currencies are most useful in a crisis, asks a Brazilian central banker. CBDCs, bitcoin or libra?
The outgoing governor of the Bank of England highlighted the potential risks to monetary governance if a central bank digital currency were to be launched in the U.K.
Noelle Acheson looks at the evolving role of central banks in the context of the current crisis, and what that could mean for crypto.