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Fintechs Invited to Work on Georgia’s Central Bank Digital Currency
7.5.2021
National Bank of Georgia (NBG) has issued a call for companies in the fintech sector, financial institutions and technology firms to support its efforts to create a digital currency. Georgia’s central bank wants to employ new technologies to raise the efficiency of the country’s payment...
Kazakhstan opens public consultation for central bank digital currency
6.5.2021
The potential national digital currency in Kazakhstan is not intended to replace either cash or cashless payments, the central bank stressed
Georgia's central bank is exploring 'Digital Gel' CBDC
5.5.2021
The Republic of Georgia's central bank has invited fintech firms and others to participate in the CBDC project
Bahamas central bank prepares national Sand Dollar push this summer
5.5.2021
The Bahamas is beginning a push for national digital currency adoption this summer, the central bank's governor John Rolle said
Digital Yuan Launch Draws Near: JD.com Employees Paid in e-CNY, Tencent, Ant, Mastercard Engage With PBoC
4.5.2021
China, the world’s most populous country, has jumped leaps and bounds in comparison to a great number of other countries when it comes to the creation of a central bank digital currency. As each day passes, China’s digital yuan is seemingly getting closer to large-scale adoption,...
ECB Deepens Analysis of Digital Euro, Decision Expected by Mid-Year, VP Confirms
4.5.2021
Faced with challenges on many fronts, the European Central Bank is now deepening the analysis of how to digitalize its currency. A decision on whether to issue a digital euro, which has the potential to become a major CBDC, is expected around mid-2021, a high-ranking official of the central bank...
Binance CEO warns of CBDC drawbacks as digital dollar pilots proceed in US
4.5.2021
CBDCs will never offer the same freedom of use as cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, according to Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao
Accenture and Digital Dollar Foundation to trial United States CBDC this year
4.5.2021
Five pilot programs will gather data on a digital dollar in the United States over the next 12 months
Rolling up the sleeves: China’s tech giants drive digital yuan adoption
1.5.2021
CBDC tests are proceeding toward deployment, as Chinese internet, fintech and e-commerce giants are leading the digital yuan vanguard
Fed Chair Jerome Powell Says Dogecoin and Gamestop Hype Highlights ‘Froth in Equity Markets’
30.4.2021
Federal Reserve Chair, Jerome Powell, discussed a number of topics this week such as inflation and central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) following the multi-day Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meetings. The central bank’s lead executive was asked about feverish stocks like Gamestop...
England’s central bank moves ahead with CBDC with 7 job postings
30.4.2021
The Bank of England's CBDC-related job listings range from solution architect to senior manager
100M euro digital bond was a CBDC test, says Banque de France
30.4.2021
European financial institutions are using pilots to make a case for the digital euro
Our Man in Shanghai: Huobi looks to become Grayscale of Asia, Yao Ming’s NFT wine, and Chinese crypto investors go to the dogs
30.4.2021
Huobi tackles the institutional market, you can now own an NFT of basketball star Yao Ming drinking red wine, and China’s digital yuan starts to target the private sector
UBRI Partners with 3 Universities for CBDC Research
28.4.2021
Renowned Ripple’s UBRI project, i.e., University Blockchain Research Initiative, that runs accelerator programs for Blockchain, has partnered with NYU Abu Dhabi, University of Cape Town, South Africa, and Reykjavik University, Iceland. This partnership aims to promote research and engage...
Ant Group highlights private sector's role in developing digital yuan
26.4.2021
Major tech and commerce firms have been instrumental in helping China's central bank develop the digital yuan
Demand for PayPal’s crypto offering exceeded all expectations, CEO says
26.4.2021
In the next five to 10 years, there will be more changes in the financial system than over the past two decades, PayPal's CEO predicted
ConsenSys to develop private version of Kakao’s Klaytn blockchain
26.4.2021
A private version of Klaytn is in being developed in order to take part in South Korea's CBDC pilot, to be launched later this year
Top Chinese banks promote CBDC over local payment firms for shopping festival
26.4.2021
Leading Chinese banks are promoting the digital yuan over Alipay and WeChat Pay for an upcoming shopping festival in China
Decentralization is the final frontier for CBDCs
25.4.2021
Decentralized CBDCs will most likely pique the interest of the masses much more than their centralized counterparts
Asia-Pacific’s solarized digitalization agenda in pandemic times
24.4.2021
Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the role of digitalization has become central to achieving sustainability and lessening climate change