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The Bank of Jamaica has partnered with an Ireland-based tech firm for its central bank digital currency project scheduled to begin in May.

Former OCC acting comptroller Brian Brooks claimed that cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin “actually are backed by something.”

Asia’s largest economies are pushing forward with their respective CBDC trials, with six Chinese banks offering digital wallets and Japan establishing a new committee.

Address by Mr Shaktikanta Das, Governor of the Reserve Bank of India, at the Times Network India Economic Conclave 2021, New Delhi, 25 March 2021.

Alibaba’s Alipay and Tencent’s WeChat Pay reportedly account for 98% of the mobile payment market in China.

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