Digital currency
Mampho Modise on payments reforms and the hierarchy of money
Sarb's deputy governor discusses conflicting crypto directives, wholesale CBDC plans, expensive remittance and a Brics gold-backed settlement unit
Podcast: How central banks evade sanctions
Iran, North Korea and Russia are increasingly sharing digital infrastructure and playbooks
Book notes: Money: the inside story, by Rupal Patel and Jack Leslie
BoE’s latest explainer provides an entertaining and accessible guide to finance
One ledger or eight: the design choice that will shape cross-border money
Two rival tokenised settlement networks have both expanded – mBridge into Macau and Mongolia, Agorá to Canada. The contest between them is not primarily about technology, and not yet about currencies. It is about who keeps the ledger, argues Marcello…
Peirce warns crypto vaults and lending may fall under SEC rules
Commissioner urges against legal ‘gymnastics’ to avoid regulation
Bank of Russia confirms new crypto regime
Law forms part of de-dollarisation and alternative payments push as Moscow seeks new ways to evade sanctions
Cipollone outlines digital euro app as ECB readies pilot
Board member says application will ‘leave no-one behind’
Nigeria’s president signs order to enhance virtual asset regulation
Central bank to chair ‘virtual assets council’ to help close regulatory gaps
Co-ordination key to alleviating tokenisation risks – IMF official
When activity is on shared ledgers, governance failures become systemic risks, Tobias Adrian says
‘Who pays?’ remains biggest puzzle of digital euro – panel
Specialists say successful payment systems solve problems for consumers and merchants
Tokenisation should be built into the two-tier system – BIS
Stablecoins not necessary for fast payments and programmability, institution says
BoE publishes ‘final’ stablecoin policy
Systemic sterling stablecoin holding limits swapped for £40bn issuance cap
US and China advance rival digital asset policies
US bans retail CBDCs until 2030, while PBoC official calls for co-ordinated stablecoin regs
South Africa signals cautious stance on stablecoins
Deputy governor asks if they are efficient payment method or a means of circumventing regulations
Nigeria to reposition its struggling CBDC
Central bank says it will focus instrument on government-to-person and cross-border payments
Euro ‘more appealing’ for both invoicing and reserves, ECB finds
Bank’s annual report on currency’s use draws on findings from Central Banking’s benchmarking
Don’t kill stablecoins by over-regulating them – Fed’s Waller
Digital assets will foster competition in payments and broaden US monetary sovereignty, governor says
Edna Villa on the BSP’s shift to a risk-return SAA
The Philippines’ reserves head speaks about the transition to an upgraded strategic asset allocation framework, a broadening of eligible assets, the internalisation of some investments, the upgrade of tech platforms and the role of gold as a strategic…
French lawmakers confirm Moulin as next BdF governor
Villeroy de Galhau’s successor opens door to greener policies, throws support behind digital euro
BoE accelerates multi-money, multi-asset tokenised agenda
Breeden urges ‘earnest’ work amid systemic risks from innovations abroad