China has upgraded the digital Yuan to pay interest, marking a shift in CBDC design with implications for banks, payments, ...

The world is shifting. Quietly, maybe, but quickly. You can feel it in the way fewer people carry cash, how “tap to pay” became second nature, or how money sometimes feels more like numbers on a ...

Though the recently passed Anti-CBDC Surveillance State Act prohibits the creation of a central bank digital currency (CBDC) in the United States, other governments have found success by launching ...

The Bank of Korea paused its central bank digital currency project in the second quarter of 2025. The decision is not a cancellation but a strategic pause to reassess the CBDC’s design, scope, and ...

The Reserve Bank of India on Monday confirmed plans to link BRICS central bank digital currencies. For Africa, this is a ...

1. Introduction: What is a CBDC? A Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) is a digital currency issued directly by a country's central bank, such as the Federal Reserve in the United States or the ...

Kazakhstan has taken a landmark step in its monetary evolution by granting official currency status to the digital tenge, ...

The European Central Bank (ECB) is planning to launch a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) in 2026. Currently, the goal is to offer a digital Euro to both consumers and institutional entities as the ...

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The Council of the European Union, an EU body that amends legislation and commits national governments to adopting the bloc's laws, said it backs the European Central Bank’s plan to explore an ...

LONDON, March 25 (Reuters) - China proposed a set of global rules for central bank digital currencies on Thursday, from how they can be used around the world to highly sensitive issues such as ...