Privately-issued stablecoins feature the same risks of freezing and surveillance inherent to central bank digital currencies, Jeremy Kranz told Cointelegraph.

The financial giant, whose shareholders include the Japanese government, will introduce “DCJPY,” a digital currency developed by a Japanese digital currency startup DeCurret DCP, Reuters reported. The ...

While a decision has yet to be made, the Federal Reserve has been looking into the possibility of a central bank digital currency for several years. Bhaskar Chakravorti, dean of global business at The ...

The European Central Bank (ECB) is moving its digital euro project to a preparation phase, which could pave the way for a "potential future decision" to issue one. Although a decision on whether to ...

WILMINGTON, DE — Marking a historic development in financial innovation, the American Federation Treasury has officially launched the American Federation Dollar (AFD), a gold-backed digital currency ...

On a special episode (first released on May 14) of The Excerpt podcast: There’s something to cold hard cash. You can hold it; you can smell it; it feels a certain way in your pocket. Earlier this year ...

(Bloomberg) -- Euro-area finance ministers agreed on a key step in their efforts to roll out a digital currency, adding impetus to a project that’s becoming an important counterweight to US ...

The House passed a bill Thursday barring the Federal Reserve from issuing a central bank digital currency (CBDC) unless it has explicit authorization from Congress. The CBDC Anti-Surveillance State ...

The Indian government has expressed renewed skepticism toward crypto while unveiling a new RBI-backed digital currency ...