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Central banks may find it “challenging” to keep up with pace of technological change
Tencent-backed WeBank and Ant Financial-backed MYbank will reportedly be the first private banks to join China’s digital yuan pilot.
Mark Carney, one of the most prominent central bankers of the post-financial crisis era, has officially joined the digital payments company. Stripe has all but abandoned cryptocurrency payment solutions for the time being, but its founders are positive about the emerging industry.
The global monetary landscape will have everyone storing electronic money, cryptocurrencies and central bank digital currencies in one bank.
Ripple has been making headway in pursuing projects involving central bank digital currency issuances.
Another Chinese banking institution has created a hardware wallet for the country’s central bank digital currency.
Sweden's exploration into CBDCs will continue until 2022 as the nation's central bank seeks to construct a digital version of the krona.
The Central Bank of the Bahamas partnered with Mastercard and digital payment startup Island Pay to launch a card for its central bank digital currency.
The majority of central banks cannot issue CBDCs to the public under current frameworks
Research explores legal issues surrounding central bank digital currency
Sweden’s central bank will continue CBDC experiment until 2022
Canadian universities outline several options for a central bank digital currency
Russian wireless service providers MegaFon and Beeline proposed to link digital ruble wallets on smartphones to user's phone numbers.
Algorand rallied to a multi-year high after the network emerged as a possible choice for central bank digital currencies and the team revealed its DeFi plans.
Speech by Mr Burkhard Balz, Member of the Executive Board of the Deutsche Bundesbank, at the American Council on Germany, virtual event, 10 February 2021.