
Central Bank Digital Currency
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16 December, 2020
Suzhou residents make 20,000 digital yuan transactions on Double 12
Chinese residents in the city of Suzhou made close to 20,000 transactions in a digital yuan trial on e-commerce giant...
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11 December, 2020
Are central bank digital currencies a bad idea?
While they are being touted as the future, it’s time to rethink and reevaluate the role that CBDCs will play...
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9 December, 2020
China and Hong Kong working on digital yuan cross-border payments
Hong Kong’s central bank has been working with China’s digital currency institute to trial the use of the digital yuan...
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9 December, 2020
Bank of Canada ready to move ‘sooner than expected’ on digital dollar
Central bank officials have indicated progress has been made on launching a digital currency, citing the pressures of the COVID-19...
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8 December, 2020
Swiss central bank completes CBDC trial, downplays DLT
While the trial demonstrated the feasibility of a wholesale CBDC, the bank claimed that distributed ledger technology has not yet...
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7 December, 2020
Russia central bank snubs private ruble-pegged stablecoins
The Chinese model for its digital yuan is a better template for Russia in exploring a central bank digital currency,...