CBDC

Mastercard Highlights Difficulty in Wide Adoption of CBDCs

Ashok Venkateswaran questions CBDC adoption due to insufficient justification, making broad adoption difficult.

6 months ago

Another Huge Win for Ripple (XRP) as Georgia’s National Bank Selects it for CBDC Pilot Project

Besides partnering with NBG, Ripple is actively engaged in five pilot programs with governments in Bhutan, Palau, Montenegro, Colombia, and…

6 months ago

European Central Bank Moves Forward on CBDC Project After Concluding 2-Year Research Phase

The ECB has come to the end of its two-year research program into central bank digital currencies and is now…

7 months ago

Another Curious Ripple (XRP) Rumor (Hint: It’s not the IPO)

Some X users have hinted that France's CBDC efforts might involve XRP, based on the central bank's favorable stance on…

7 months ago

BIS and Central Banks Make Waves with Successful CBDC Test in Project Mariana

BIS, France, Singapore, and Switzerland collaborate in Project Mariana, testing cross-border trading of wCBDCs.

7 months ago

Russia’s Central Bank Paves Way for Nationwide Adoption of CBDC by 2025

Russia leads in modernizing payment infrastructure with the digital ruble, coexisting with traditional cash.

8 months ago

CBDC Anti-Surveillance Act Passes Out of Financial Services Committee

Representative Tom Emmer is celebrating today after his anti-central bank digital currency (CBDC) bill passed its first congressional hurdle.

8 months ago

European Central Bank Blasts PayPal in Push for its Own CBDC

A high level European Central Bank exec has provided an update on the progress of the digital Euro project while…

8 months ago

Every Third Russian Sees the Digital Ruble as ‘Some Kind of Fraud’ (Survey)

One in five survey participants is not interested in Russia’s CBDC at all.

9 months ago

Here is When Brazil’s CBDC is Expected to Go Live: Report

The Brazilian CBDC, called DREX, will supposedly aim at advancing the local monetary network.

9 months ago