The implementation of Central Bank Digital Currencies isn‘t just about money. It also is about personal freedom and how CBDCs ...

Introduction Digital currencies started bringing sweeping reforms to the financial market, with CBDCs also being a leading theme that got into the spotlight. Wh ...

As per the order, CBDC has been defined as “a form of digital money or monetary value, denominated in the national unit of account, that is a direct liability of the central bank.” According ...

An interest-bearing and universally accessible central bank digital currency (CBDC) could be a versatile instrument that would, in theory, improve monetary policy by allowing non-linear transfers and ...

Research on CBDC often draws a fundamental distinction between account-based and token-based architecture. At the end-user, functional level, the distinction is not as clear. Furthermore, there is no ...

Russia's Ministry of Finance has ruled out adding Bitcoin (BTC) to the nation's sovereign wealth fund. Russia has delayed the ...

A central bank digital currency, or CBDC, is a digital version of a region’s fiat currency, put out by the region’s monetary authority. CBDCs gained a significant spotlight in 2020 ...

Leithner sees the launch of a permanent CBDC as a key element of the EU’s digital agenda and as a crucial component of its financial strategy. Using the digital euro as a strategic asset ...

Leading global CBDC rollout is China ... “Cryptocurrencies are by their very definition decentralised, making them difficult for governments to exert control over,” explains Nick Maynard ...