Retail central bank digital currencies, or CBDCs, do not require the use of blockchain technology, according to executives at major European central banks. Thomas Moser, an alternate member of the ...

A new project calling itself the first of the fourth generation blockchains says it has solved the “blockchain trilemma” with a new approach to decentralization and an identity-based approach to ...

This new global fintech ecosystem includes its own blockchain, crypto processing, fintech projects in Georgia, a gaming ...

Russia has started the large-scale introduction of its central bank digital currency (CBDC) called the digital ruble across ...

More and more countries, including the leading global economies, such as the U.S., India, and European states, are gearing up to develop their centrally-issued digital currencies. Yes, the pandemic ...

Fear of Chinese advances with programmable money and Facebook’s Libra are pushing central banks to digital currencies, which may transform financial markets. At the end of October, Societe Generale – ...

Bitcoin’s hashrate is soaring. Ethereum incubator ConsenSys has signed on to another CBDC pilot. JPMorgan unveiled a revamped interbank transfer blockchain network that could challenge SWIFT. Bitcoin ...

The Philippines is likely to issue a wholesale central bank digital currency within two years, the Inquirer reported. The country does not plan on issuing a retail CBDC on concerns this is more likely ...

Update: The story has been updated to include the Digital Commodity Exchange Act (DCEA). The 118th Congress has reached a milestone of seeing 50 bills and resolutions that have been introduced so far ...