Central Bank Digital Currency
Global coordination or fragmentation on digital asset standards?
As crypto adoption surges and market cap surpasses $4T in 2025, global regulators push for unified AML and tax standards,...
Was 2025 the year digital asset space got regulatory clarity?
By 2025, only the EU and Nigeria enacted major digital asset laws, while the U.S., U.K., India, and Vietnam debated...
South Africa finds no ‘strong immediate need’ for a retail CBDC
South Africa’s central bank believes that a retail CBDC is “technically feasible” and could be implemented to align with policy...
IMF maps out how tokenized reserves support settlement systems
IMF’s new report explored the opportunities, risks and policy implications of tokenized reserves and how they could preserve the role...
China turns against stablecoins; Sony preps PlayStation stable
China's central bank targets stablecoins amid regulatory challenges, while South Korea pushes for stablecoin legislation to advance digital finance.
UAE, China executes first CBDC transaction on mBridge
The heads of the UAE, Chinese central banks jointly commissioned the first cross-border transaction on mBridge as they get started...
