The blockchain analytics firm is launching an initiative to pitch itself to central banks as both a tech partner and a guiding influence on future digital currency projects.
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.
Libra's revised whitepaper resembles clearinghouse certificates that the U.S. used to prevent bank runs before the Federal Reserve was created, a former IMF economist says.
The trial seeks a faster, more transparent clearing system and involves some of the country's largest banks.
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.
Seismic shifts might be in the offing for the global monetary system — a phenomenon that historically has occurred in the wake of world wars.
Central banks have four good reasons to adopt digital currency: financial stability, identity management, inclusion and consumer protection.
Fewert than 1 percent of surveyed Australians paid for consumer goods with cryptocurrency in 2019, according to a new study by the Reserve Bank of Australia.
While QE may be anathema to crypto hardliners, some experts agree the net effect on bitcoin prices is positive.
Noelle Acheson looks at the evolving role of central banks in the context of the current crisis, and what that could mean for crypto.
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.
Central bank digital currencies have been a hot topic in blockchain circles recently, but central banks are lukewarm about blockchains.
The heads of six major central banks will hold their first meeting in April on potentially developing their own digital currencies, Nikkei says.