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A future digital euro wouldn't be a threat to savers, say officials from the European Central Bank.

Very few central banks have progressed past the research phase, but those that do are working on general purpose variants

Launch of ‘sand dollar’ may herald a new era of CBDCs as Fed and ECB step up their preparations

Institutional framework to accommodate the sov is not ready, fund says

CBDCs: Chinese officials have addressed concerns regarding potential user privacy issues and the digital yuan.

Executives at the Deutsche Bundesbank are eager to launch a blockchain-based system without the need for a CBDC — and they just might succeed.

Central bank should not rush issuance of CBDC, governor says

Brian Armstrong, Coinbase's CEO, has stated that the crypto exchange was open to the idea of supporting central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) on its network in the future.

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell’s stance on Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies remains unchanged – he views them primarily as “a speculative asset.”

Firms wishing to issue baht-backed stablecoins must consult with the central bank

Speech by Mr Howard Lee, Deputy Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, at the BIS Innovation Summit 2021, 23 March 2021.

Policy-makers question whether CBDCs will make international payments faster and cheaper

Ripple released a new whitepaper that depicted XRP's utility as a bridge currency for CBDCs. XRP has broken through the key level of $0.50. What should be expected of the cryptocurrency in the shor

Agustín Carstens, Jerome Powell and Jens Weidmann highlight risks of acting too fast

The People’s Bank of China intends to enable anonymous digital yuan transactions of small amounts in order to protect “reasonable” anonymity needs.