
Central Bank Digital Currency
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20 May, 2024
Ghana VP: Blockchain could save Africa billions of dollars
Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia pledged to make Ghana the first country whose government is powered by blockchain and urged other...
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15 May, 2024
DLT and CBDCs can save central banks’ business model: ECB
Members of the European Central Bank’s governing board called on central banks to increase the pace of tech exploration as...
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14 May, 2024
China’s CBDC recipients sell it quickly; Nigeria plots ways to boost eNaira use
Chinese authorities insist that monitoring is only a concern with large transactions, as the digital yuan can be used for...
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14 May, 2024
Rwanda weighing pseudo-anonymous CBDC to underpin cashless economy
The National Bank of Rwanda published a paper examining the benefits, risks, and design principles of a token-based digital franc...
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14 May, 2024
CBDC eliminates barriers of the siloed financial system: Swiss National Bank
At a recent BIS event in Basel, Chairman Thomas Jordan discussed Project Helvetia III, including its benefits and some alternative...
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13 May, 2024
Middle Eastern central banks eye CBDC for cross-border payments
At a recent World Economic Forum event, central bankers from Bahrain and Saudi Arabia discussed CBDC opportunities, from cross-border payments...