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The Fed chairman’s recent letter illuminates how monetary policy bigwigs view crypto and if it might greenlight a USD stablecoin.

On Tuesday during Ghana’s Annual Banking Conference, Ernest Addison, governor of Ghana’s central bank, shared that a pilot project in rolling out Ghana’s very own Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) has been initiated in a sandbox environment.

The crypto businessman sings praises for “uncensorable money.”

Earlier this month, media reported that Tunisia had become the first country to issue a CBDC. Now that the central bank has denied the news, it’s time to take a closer look…

With Facebook and Google establishing themselves more firmly into the financial industry, what is the future like for crypto?

Making CBDCs interest-bearing would avoid dangers to cash use or bank deposits

The United States Federal Reserve is exploring the opportunity to develop a US dollar digital currency, reported Cointelegraph. Issues and risks of rolling out a central bank digital currency will be looked into as well.

Paper examines the impact a global crypto asset would have on the “impossible trinity”

A noteworthy panel followed on the topic of “defining the future of digital currency,” joined by Christian Catalini, co-creator of Libra and Head Economist of Calibra, Mu Changchun, Director-Genera

Officials at the People's Bank of China have issued an official statement disclaiming rumours that China has begun issuing a central bank digital currency (CBDC). 'Recently, the net news said that the People's Bank of China has issued (a) legal digital currency,' the communiqué states,

Alan Greenspan, the former chair of the United States Federal Reserve, has said there’s “no point” for central banks to issue their own digital currencies.

Mu Changchun, the Director-General of the Institute of Digital Currency of China’s central bank, People’s Bank of China spoke at one of the panels at the Singapore Fintech Festival held at the Sing

China’s digital currency will launch in two to three months, said founding managing partner of HCM Capital Jack Lee.

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) is partnering with JP Morgan Chase (NYSE:JPM) and Temasek on a blockchain-based payments platform that is capable of handling different currencies. JP Morgan has previously announced the development of an in-house crypto labeled JPM Coin. The eventual goal is

Benoît Cœuré, the outgoing European Central Bank Executive Board Member and an individual some thought best equipped to become the President of the ECB, has been appointed to lead the newly created Bank for International Settlements (BIS) Innovation Hub. According to BIS, Cœuré will commence