Cryptocurrencies are "unlikely" to shake up the dominance of central banks and sovereign currencies, the EU's newest report says.
The continuing efforts by China's central bank to build a fully-featured digital currency product are revealed in its many patent filings.
The central banks of both Australia and New Zealand have said they do not plan to create their own digital currencies – at least for now.
Former FDIC chair Sheila Bair thinks the U.S. needs to create an entirely new regulatory framework for cryptocurrencies.
The U.S. government needs to develop reasonable regulations around the nascent cryptocurrency space, said OMB director Mick Mulvaney.
Banco Central do Brasil is building a blockchain platform to ensure the authenticity of data exchanged between financial authorities.
While the thought may disappoint cypherpunks, the first step of a transition toward a true "money of the people" will be implemented by central banks.
South Korea's central bank has announced that it does not plan to launch its own digital currency over fears it could destabilize the economy.
The Bank of International Settlements intends to publish two cryptocurrency-focused chapters of its annual report this weekend.
The EU Blockchain Observatory and Forum is hosting a live AMA session to let the general public ask any questions they have about blockchain.
Thailand's central bank is examining how a blockchain-based digital currency could make interbank settlement both faster and cheaper.
South Africa Reserve Bank indicates that tests of a blockchain-based system for interbank clearance and settlement produced astonishing results.
China's central bank has completed a blockchain-based system that digitizes checks in a move to counter fraud in the country.
"Convergence" means different things to different people in the blockchain space. But it's a word that's cropping up again and again.
Hong Kong's de facto central bank has no plan to issue a central bank digital currency (CBDC), a government official said on Wednesday.