Central Bank Digital Currency

US treasury official confirms ongoing central bank digital currency study
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13 October, 2020

US treasury official confirms ongoing central bank digital currency study

The U.S. Treasury Department is actively considering the benefits of a central bank digital currency, according to a ranking department...
South Korea banks and lawmakers call for new digital currency legislation
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13 October, 2020

South Korea banks and lawmakers call for new digital currency legislation

The National Assembly Seminar for the Virtual Asset Business Law argued the laws were needed to protect revenues and help...
South Korea central bank to begin testing digital currency in 2021
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12 October, 2020

South Korea central bank to begin testing digital currency in 2021

The Bank of Korea will begin pilot transactions in 2021 to determine the feasibility of rolling out a digital currency...
Estonia launches CBDC research after delisting 500 digital currency firms
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8 October, 2020

Estonia launches CBDC research after delisting 500 digital currency firms

The Estonian central bank has launched a multi-year research project into the viability of a central bank digital currency.
Over $160 million sent and received via China’s DC/EP
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6 October, 2020

Over $160 million sent and received via China’s DC/EP

The People’s Bank of China’s (PBOC) deputy governor Fan YiFei says that China’s central bank digital currency (CBDC), the DC/EP,

European Central Bank digital euro report: ‘We should be prepared to issue’
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5 October, 2020

European Central Bank digital euro report: ‘We should be prepared to issue’

The report suggests that the bank would be open to considering both centralized and decentralized models for the digital currency.
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