Compare barter and currency systems. Discover why currency dominates modern trade and explore the evolution of digital ...

The world’s central banks are moving briskly, and it would seem inexorably, toward introducing digital forms of cash. But I think they are underestimating the backlash from people who worry that ...

CBDCs pose a threat to gold's traditional role as a store of value and hedge against inflation due to their potential for increased centralization and control over individual finances. As CBDCs are ...

China's central bank, the People's Bank of China (PBOC), has unveiled a comprehensive action plan to elevate its central bank ...

Central bank digital currency (CBDC) is an alternative to paper and coin currency issued by a country’s central bank. The Bank of Canada is considering how to implement CBDC. Many or all of the ...

The People's Bank of China will implement a new digital yuan framework on Jan. 1, allowing commercial banks to pay interest ...

To their critics central-bank digital currencies (CBDCs) are a fad—a solution in search of a problem. To their supporters CBDCs are a necessary response to a digitising world. Central bankers ...

The redacted document was obtained by Ottawa-based researcher Ken Rubin through a request made under the Access to Information Act, and then shared with The Globe and Mail. “The rapid rise of ...

Stablecoins have become increasingly popular over the years, drawing the attention of federal the government to regulate them ...

According to the white paper “Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System,” published by the pseudonymous figure Satoshi Nakamoto in 2008, Bitcoin was created as a response to the flaws in the ...

Bitcoin may be a speculative investment to most, but Bill Miller IV sees it as a value play. He predicts the cryptocurrency will skyrocket in value, and thinks it will replace fiat currencies. Miller ...

The PBOC is seeking to add interest payments to e-CNY holders, to expand the national use of the digital yuan, while the US ...