
Central Bank Digital Currency
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19 July, 2024
Tokenized deposits unlock payment efficiency, reduce settlement risk: Visa
Visa partnered with HSBC and Hang Seng Bank in 2023 on a pilot that combined the e-HKD and tokenized deposits...
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18 July, 2024
Swedish central bank concludes proof of work blockchains are unacceptable
In its report, Sweden's Riksbank sees a semi-centralized blockchain for its CBDC as the most optimal model over a fully...
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16 July, 2024
Israel postpones CBDC launch
After successful pilots and collaboration with the Bank of International Settlements, BOI Deputy Governor Andrew Abir said it was waiting...
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12 July, 2024
ECB tests blockchain, multiparty computation in enabling liquidity matching
The ECB experimentation was for the region's CBDC, the digital euro, and is an attempt to bring more use cases...
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12 July, 2024
Taiwan central bank starting wholesale CBDC trials, but not in a rush to launch
Despite Governor Yang Chin-long's protestations that central bank digital currency development is not a race, Taiwan seems to be steadily...
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11 July, 2024
China strikes deal with Kazakhstan on cross-border CBDC
With an ambition to transform the cross-border payments ecosystem, China partners with Kazakhstan in exploring CBDCs, which comes at the...