A bipartisan group of members of Congress is pushing for faster action on a digital dollar. Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) and Rep. French Hill (R-Ark.)...
A report Monday (June 20) from Israel’s central bank suggested that decentralized finance (DeFi) smart contracts may require oversight to prevent “malicious” acts, Bloomberg wrote....
Circle has responded to a Federal Reserve paper Wednesday (May 25) about the possibilities of a U.S. central bank digital currency (CBDC), saying it could...
Wall Street lenders want the U.S. government to slow down on their plans for a digital dollar, Bloomberg reported Monday (May 23). They think a...
The Federal Reserve has finally dropped its long-awaited central bank digital currency report and it is … careful. Nonetheless, the report, Money and Payments: The...
Around the world, major economies have been moving, in some cases quickly, to embrace and launch central bank digital currencies (CBDCs). And yet, the United...
In the United States, there will be no ban on cryptocurrencies — but one wonders what will become of central bank digital currencies, in particular...
For bitcoin — indeed for cryptos in general — scale is the name of the game. Not just for trading, of course, where price spikes...
To get a sense of how widespread the interest is, Fed Governor Lael Brainard said in August the Boston Fed was teaming up with MIT...