
Central Bank Digital Currency
Trump rains on BTC maxi parade with ‘digital asset stockpile’ order
U.S. President Donald Trump has issued an executive order sketching broad strokes for how his administration will address all things...
Cambodia advances blockchain framework; Guangzhou boosts CBDC adoption
Elsewhere, the city of Guangzhou in China has launched a new drive to expand digital yuan payments, including in public...
UK’s CBDC advances with creation of sandbox-like laboratory
In its CBDC progress update, the Bank of England announced the creation of a Digital Pound Lab, which works similar...
Russia’s largest lender Sberbank joins CBDC pilot
Sber was excluded from the first pilot in August 2023 but joined the latest batch, with the largest digital bank,...
Jordan eyes blockchain tech for gov’t operations
Jordan plans to use blockchain for government operations. In other news, SCER has proposed the legalization of Bitcoin in Syria,...
India: RBI to credit officers’ reimbursements into CBDC wallets
Eager to prevent the digital rupee's further decline in usage due to stiff market competition, the RBI is piloting an...