
Central Bank Digital Currency
BIS, World Bank to tokenize promissory notes
BIS will tokenize promissory notes which still rely on stacks of papers, and while this “isn’t going to revolutionize the...
Tom Emmer criticizes Treasury Department plea for greater authority over digital asset space
Responding to Adeyemo, Rep. Tom Emmer accuses the U.S. Treasury of having a savior complex while reiterating his opposition against...
South Korea CBDC pilot launching in 2024 with over 100,000 participants
The Bank of Korea will begin its retail CBDC pilot in 2024, testing use cases like payments for government grants...
Canton of Zurich digital bond utilizes wholesale CBDC for settlements
Zurich pioneers digitization with a CHF 100M digital bond on SDX, utilizing CBDC settlements, led by UBS, Raiffeisen, Zurcher Kantonalbank,...
European Central Bank steps up wholesale digital euro trials
The European Central Bank recently held a meeting in which it outlined the themes it’s exploring, including assessing the demand...
BIS urges central banks to move fast on CBDC as Visa stablecoin threat looms
The Bank for International Settlements general manager and the governor of South Korea’s central bank talked about the need for...