Browsing: Digital Currencies – CBDC

Before it handed over the dubious mantle of the world’s worst-performing currency to the Russian ruble, the Turkish lira had lost 44%…

The Bank of Canada, the country’s central bank, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have agreed to collaborate on…

Ghana wants to ensure its digital currency would function on a widely popular payment platform run by mobile-phone service providers.…

Advocates see lower-cost transactions and greater access to the financial system, but critics worry about privacy. The world’s reserve currency…

Jamaica plans to give $16 of free money to the first 100,000 citizens who use its soon-to-be-launched Jam-Dex digital currency.…

DCash — the digital version of the Eastern Caribbean dollar used by eight island nations — resumed functioning Wednesday after…

President Joe Biden’s effort to craft a U.S. strategy for cryptocurrencies has highlighted a big question: Should the Federal Reserve enter the…

Brazil’s central bank revealed today that it has picked nine projects to move forward in its quest to develop a…

President Nicolas Maduro announced a 18-fold increase in Venezuela’s monthly minimum wage to roughly 126 bolivars ($28) by pegging it…

Banks must send messages to move funds. Sanctions against Russia underscore the need for Beijing to cut the cord to…