
Central Bank Digital Currency
Mexico to launch gov’t-backed digital currency by 2024
The Mexican government tweeted that the Bank of Mexico intends to have a digital peso in circulation by 2024 as...
India should go for basic version of its CBDC for now, central bank says
A basic form of a digital rupee would provide a safe, robust, and convenient alternative to cash in liquidity and...
2021 year in review: Bitcoin comes of age in Africa
2021 had it all in Africa for digital currencies—adoption soared by 1,200% as Kenya led global P2P trades, but there...
Thailand to delay digital currency testing to late 2022
The initial testing of Thailand’s central bank digital currency, initially set for Q2 in 2022, will be pushed to later...
Kazakhstan central bank reveals digital tenge pilot results
The National Bank of Kazakhstan plans to set up a retail digital currency on a distributed ledger technology, and is...
Kazakhstan completes CBDC prototype, but has yet to decide if there’s need for digital tenge
The Kazakh central bank worked with local banks and international partners on the prototype, but it will decide on the...