Riksbank Governor Stevan Ingves sees a Swedish digital currency as an imperative for the central bank.
Central banks are rushing into digital currencies without considering how the risks might outweigh any benefits, the column argues.
As the European Union gets more serious about a digital euro, most central bank digital currencies intend to remove the anonymity of cash.
The one-year position will work on the Applied Fintech Research team's digital currency experiments.
Sweden's Riksbank has looked into the viability of central bank digital currencies for its local market.
Crypto custodian Copper is joining the Official Monetary and Financial Institution Forum's new think tank to discuss how central banks are evaluating digital currencies.
The research explores how "central banking for all" via digital currency could affect commercial banks.
The pandemic is likely to accelerate a shift to automation, putting people out of work and raising the need for new types of money.
Some Americans are still waiting for stimulus support. Would a digital dollar have helped disburse funds? Here's a breakdown of the debate.
Arming the Federal Reserve with a digital dollar would harm the free market, says Max Raskin, an NYU adjunct professor of law.
The People’s Bank of China has sent one of its strongest signals yet of a commitment to creating a digital national currency.
Is a cash-based society sustainable in a pandemic? Hoarders say yes. Health experts say maybe. Visionaries say no: It’s a moment for systemic change.
Central banks have four good reasons to adopt digital currency: financial stability, identity management, inclusion and consumer protection.
Researchers at the Bank for International Settlements say the future of payments may be peer to peer, but a number of considerations must be satisfied before distributed ledger-based systems can go mainstream.
Fnality, a high-profile digital fiat project backed by 14 big-name financial institutions, is teaming with the ConsenSys-backed Adhara.