CBDC
PBoC’s digital yuan on track for 2022 Winter Olympic debut
Preparations for e-yuan to be used in the winter games are at a final stage, says deputy governor
Cœuré issues urgent call for CBDC development
Central banks have no time to waste, says BIS official, as crypto and stablecoins threaten disruption
BIS to work on cross-border CBDC test with four central banks
Australia, Singapore, South Africa and Malaysia will help create shared DLT platforms
DCash: motivations, challenges, and lessons from the first monetary union CBDC pilot
Having worked on its Digital Currency Management System since 2016, Bitt has launched the first synthetic CBDC in Barbados, followed by another first in the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union in March this year, with more ahead
Digital yuan project should rethink anonymity, paper urges
Scholars argue CBDC “wallets” ought to be under full control of retail users
Bank of Ghana to pilot CBDC using G+D technology
Central bank says prototype would operate without bank account, contract or smartphone
Jamaica ‘mints’ first units of digital currency
Central bank kicks off pilot exercise with limited issuance of currency to banks and payments firms
Waller ‘highly sceptical’ Fed needs a CBDC
Existing and planned payments system upgrades appear sufficient, governor says
The six key drivers for digital currency
Dave Birch breaks down the forces that are pushing central banks towards CBDC
DLT handles major transaction volume in digital euro experiment
Test processed 300,000 payments simultaneously; carbon footprint smaller than current card payments
RBI could launch CBDC pilots in ‘near future’ – deputy governor
Central bank is still researching underlying technology and design features, says T Rabi Sankar
CBDC may be ‘necessary’ to safeguard competition – BoC paper
Authors make case for “public digital payments” as tool to boost competition and innovation
Korea selects CBDC blockchain provider
Central bank chooses telecoms company subsidiary following tender process
PBoC to study cross-border payments in digital yuan
Central bank confirms digital yuan will be direct central bank liability
Riksbank warns about e-krona fraudsters
Swedish central bank points to false online information claiming it is selling e-kronor
ECB launches digital euro project
Central bank supports European Commission plan for e-identity rollout across the eurozone
CBDCs provide ‘clean slate’ for cross-border payments, says report
International bodies urge central banks to bolster CBDC co-operation
Vietnam’s central bank to pilot ‘virtual currency’
Prime minister orders central bank to develop blockchain-based prototype by 2023
Fed’s CBDC efforts should not be driven by digital yuan, Fed official says
A decision on ‘Fedcoin’ should be independent of action taken by China, says David Andolfatto
Hong Kong to study ‘e-HKD’ at retail level
Hong Kong will begin study on retail CBDCs and work with PBoC on e-CNY in the next year
China abandons cryptocurrencies under the PBoC (this time it’s for real)
New data centres set to be established to compensate provinces for lost crypto mining revenues
CBDC: the case for ‘wait and see’
Despite growing interest, some central banks are staying out of the digital currency game
BoE’s Bailey says CBDCs could be ‘fundamental’
Innovation hub run by BoE and BIS hub likely to concentrate on CBDCs and payments, official says
BIS and French and Swiss central banks announce joint CBDC project
Project Jura will link national CBDC initiatives in bid to facilitate cross-border payment