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ECB Plans Digital Euro Launch by 2029 to Enhance European Strategic Autonomy
10.12.2025
European Central Bank outlines comprehensive strategy for digital euro implementation, targeting first issuance by 2029 with pilot exercises beginning in 2027. The European Central Bank (ECB) announced its comprehensive digital euro strategy on December 9, 2025, detailing plans to develop a digital...
Israel’s Central Bank Signals Improved Stablecoin Oversight as Digital Shekel Plans Advance
1.12.2025
Bank of Israel Governor Amir Yaron said stablecoins can no longer be viewed as marginal, citing their trillion-dollar trading volumes and growing systemic risks
UAE and China Complete Landmark Transaction Using Digital Dirhams
24.11.2025
The government of the UAE completed the first transaction using digital dirhams, its CBDC, to make a cross-border payment to China. The development, which leveraged the Mbridge platform, opens new horizons for cooperation, said the UAE Vice President Sheikh Mansour. UAE Enters The Digital CBDC Age:...
Singapore Finalizes Stablecoin Framework With Tokenized-Bill Trials Driving Next-Wave Flows
16.11.2025
Singapore’s push toward resilient tokenized finance accelerates as MAS locks in stablecoin standards and launches broad settlement trials, signaling rising institutional momentum and advancing frameworks designed to scale cross-border activity and strengthen digital-asset market reliability....
Asia Morning Briefing: Hong Kong’s FinTech Week Belonged to Stablecoins, Not CBDCs
11.11.2025
Once the future of digital money, central bank digital currencies barely featured this year as Hong Kong’s focus shifted to stablecoins and Brazil’s Drex pause showed how even early adopters are rethinking the model
Italy Banks Back Digital Euro CBDC, Seek Staggered Implementation Costs
9.11.2025
The Italian Banking Association supports a digital-euro central bank digital currency (CBDC) while urging that investment costs be spread over time. Italian banks, led by the Italian Banking Association (ABI), say they support the European Central Bank’s (ECB) digital euro project, ABI General...
Central Bank of Brazil Clarifies Drex CBDC Project’s Future: Digital Real Still the ‘Ultimate Goal’
9.11.2025
The Central Bank of Brazil said the recent pause in using blockchain for drex, its central bank digital currency project, is temporary. The bank intends to continue using decentralized technology in the future, including issuing its own currency for tokenization-linked settlements. Central Bank...
Central Bank of Brazil Postpones CBDC Strategy, Shuts Down Current Pilot Platform
7.11.2025
The Central Bank of Brazil announced it would discontinue the platform used to run drex, the Brazilian CBDC initiative, during its first two phases. Fabio Araujo, the project’s coordinator, stated that drex would pivot to a platform to facilitate the use of assets as collateral. Central Bank...
Digital Euro Enters Next Phase as ECB Targets Technical Readiness by 2029
31.10.2025
Europe accelerated its digital transformation as the European Central Bank advanced the digital euro into its next phase, setting the stage for technical readiness, future issuance, and a unified financial system built for global competitiveness and innovation. ECB Advances Digital Euro Project...
Bolivia Evaluates Feasibility of Interbank CBDC Amid Growing Stablecoin Adoption
26.10.2025
The Central Bank of Bolivia has taken preliminary steps to implement an interbank wholesale CBDC, saying it could benefit the modernization and security of the country’s financial system. By contrast, a retail‑based system would offer limited benefits. Central Bank of Bolivia Plans Implementation...
Kyrgyzstan Launches National Stablecoin, Sets Up Cryptocurrency Reserve: CZ
25.10.2025
The country has also legally recognized its central bank digital currency (CBDC), the digital som, with plans to pilot government-related payments with it
Uganda to Pilot CBDC Backed by Treasury Bonds and Mobile Access
13.10.2025
Global Settlement Network (GSN) has partnered with Diacente Group to launch a $5.5 billion tokenized economy in Uganda’s Karamoja region. The initiative includes piloting Uganda’s first central bank digital currency (CBDC), backed by treasury bonds and accessible via mobile devices. Built on GSN’s...
ECB Reveals Firms Selected to Build Core Infrastructure for Digital Euro Project
3.10.2025
The European Central Bank just supercharged the digital euro’s momentum, locking in top-tier firms to build core infrastructure components that could revolutionize payments across Europe. European Central Bank Secures Tech Partners While Awaiting Digital Euro Regulation The European Central Bank...
Brazil’s Finance Minister Claims CBDC Will Bring ‘Transparency,’ Ease Financial Transactions
30.9.2025
Fernando Haddad, Brazil’s finance minister, said the objective of Drex, the country’s CBDC, is to increase transparency of flows and facilitate financial transactions. Haddad denied that the government would seek to exert control or monitor payments using the tool. Brazil’s CBDC Does Not Seek...
ECB Advocates Digital Euro as Shield for Freedom, Autonomy and Security
29.9.2025
Piero Cipollone, member of the ECB Executive Board, delivered a keynote at the Baltic conference “Payments & Policy in a Changing Environment,” arguing the digital euro is essential to preserve Europeans’ ability to use sovereign money as transactions go increasingly digital. Cipollone framed...
ECB Unveils Results From Digital Euro Trials, Plans Second Testing Round
27.9.2025
The European Central Bank’s digital euro trials revealed some breakthroughs in payment innovation, with broad support fueling ambitious 2026 plans to expand access, efficiency, and inclusion. ECB Pushes Forward With Next Phase of Digital Euro Testing The European Central Bank (ECB) has unveiled...
China Inaugurates Digital Yuan Operation Centre to Push CBDC Integration: Report
26.9.2025
The initiative is intended to enhance settlement efficiency, and serve as building blocks toward a broader framework for e-CNY integration
Russian Finance Minister: Ruble Is “Strong,” Enhances Budget Traceability
21.9.2025
Anton Siluanov, Russia’s finance minister, said the digital ruble, Russia’s CBDC, is a “strong” and “reliable” alternative to the fiat ruble. He said the digital ruble has special potential for budgetary payments, enhancing control and traceability. Russian Finance Minister Reinforces Potential...
EU Finalizes Roadmap for Digital Euro to Challenge US Payment Dominance
20.9.2025
The European Union is moving forward with plans for a digital euro, with the primary goal of helping the bloc reduce its dependence on foreign financial systems. EU Approves Roadmap for Digital Euro European Union (EU) finance ministers have agreed on a roadmap for a digital euro, a central bank...
Central Bank of Uruguay to Study Digital Currency Implementation
12.9.2025
Uruguay is in the initial stages of studying the implementation of a digital currency as part of a restructuring process. Adolfo Sarmiento, the former manager of economic policy and markets, has been reassigned to oversee the project. Uruguay Jumps on the Digital Currency Bandwagon as Part...