Coins
Taiwan’s Yang says central bank money remains global ‘anchor’
Governor says it is still ‘ultimate settlement asset’, notwithstanding development of tokenisation
ECB’s Evelien Witlox on design choices for the digital euro
The digital euro’s program director speaks about holding limits, waterfall arrangements, programmability, blockchain usage and offline ‘secure elements’ for cash-like exchanges
Croatia and Montenegro to begin cash swap programme
Central banks sign MoU to exchange damaged euro notes from Montenegro for undamaged ones from Croatia
Riksbank: everyone should be able to pay in cash
Bank welcomes government report calling for payments in physical currency to be facilitated
Trump orders US Treasury to stop minting pennies
President says coins cost too much but activists blame US Mint’s accounting
Danish kroner coins to be minted in Spain until 2029
National Bank of Denmark heads south ahead of Finnish mint’s impending closure
Bank of Portugal warns against fake news of ‘Ronaldo coin’
Central bank denies speculation about commemorative coin featuring famous footballer
E-krona adviser on offline trials, legislative changes and rollouts of CBDCs
Sveriges Riksbank’s Johan Schmalholz speaks about latest CBDC developments on sidelines of Central Banking’s Windsor training series
Portraits on banknotes: a study of the gender gap
Only Australia’s currency has gender parity; overall, less than 10% of portraited banknotes – excluding Elizabeth II – feature female images
Estonia’s head of cash on sunsetting low-value coins
Bank of Estonia’s Rait Roosve speaks with Levente Koroes about the country’s decision to stop minting one- and two-euro cent coins and its impact on access to cash
Estonia to adopt ‘rounding rule’ for cash payments
Central bank to phase out one and two euro cent coins as they are “too expensive to produce and handle”
Book notes: How a ledger became a central bank: a monetary history of the Bank of Amsterdam, by Stephen Quinn and William Roberds
A masterful piece of monetary history that is relevant to modern-day central bankers
Automated market-makers create market integrity and stability risks – research
Canadian research warns of real economy impact, depending on level of interconnection
Lkhagvasuren Byadran on geopolitics, gold and 100 years of central banking on the steppe
Bank of Mongolia governor Lkhagvasuren Byadran speaks about monetary and financial reform, embracing AI and fintech, and Mongolia’s new SWF
Book notes: Number go up: inside crypto’s wild rise and staggering fall, by Zeke Faux
The book would be a great, comic obituary of crypto, if only crypto were dead
Book notes: Easy money, by Dror Goldberg
Interesting interpretations but hard to view 1690s Massachusetts paper as the invention of modern currency
Canada introduces first Charles III coins
Argentina updates 2,000-peso note; ECCB commemorative note honours cricketer; and more
Uganda central bank cautions against currency ‘bouquets’
Practice makes it impossible to run banknotes through ATMs and counting machines
Currency round-up: Liberia withdraws pre-2021 notes
DRC central bank calls on the public to better preserve banknotes, and more
Will the use of CBDCs improve cross-border payments?
International trials using CBDCs highlight significant architectural and practical challenges, writes Warren Coats
Cash for a very rainy, tremorous or lava-filled day
Are central banks well-positioned to keep cash flowing during natural disasters?