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One of the great misnomers in the crypto world is stablecoins. These digital assets are meant to provide a safer…

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Thursday she has not formed a view on whether the Federal Reserve should…

China has convinced financial policy makers everywhere of its resolve to create a digital version of its currency, even helping…

Japan’s new political leadership is calling on the country’s financial bureaucrats to ramp up efforts toward issuing a digital currency,…

Indonesia’s central bank wants a digital form of the rupiah to “fight” cryptocurrencies as it considers whether to issue such…

On October 25, 2021, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) launched the eNaira, the first CBDC in Africa and the…

Cryptocurrency conglomerate Digital Currency Group Inc. and subsidiaries including digital asset manager Grayscale Investments LLC will relocate from New York City to Stamford, Connecticut,…

Human knowledge proceeds in fits and starts. Although the velocity of change has accelerated over the years, certain intractable problems…

The C.D. Howe Institute thinks the Bank of Canada should issue a digital currency that can be converted into cash. In a…

Tanzania plans to introduce its own digital money, following similar decisions in several emerging markets including Nigeria, which was the…