The European Central Bank (ECB) has recently announced significant steps in its pursuit of financial innovation and monetary policy refinement.

The world of finance is shaking up as central banks worldwide speed up exploration and creation of CBDCs (Central Bank ...

As the U.S. moves to ban a retail CBDC while China’s Digital Yuan sets transaction records, Europe’s Digital Euro finds itself caught between these two extremes.

In this conversation, he shares his views on Lagarde’s target, the challenges of digital euro adoption, its coexistence with stablecoins, and the broader implications of a CBDC on privacy and ...

The Cryptocurrency Cryptocurrencies emerged in 2009 with Bitcoin, as an alternative to traditional finance. These digital ...

Pakistan plans to launch a digital currency pilot as part of broader crypto reforms. New legislation aims to strengthen regulation and licensing.

Christine Lagarde has described developing a digital euro as a “strategic priority” and urged the European Union’s lawmakers to “rapidly” introduce the relevant legislation. In a hearing at the ...

Central bankers are proposing a cap on CBDC account size, likely to be about €3000. Even so, full uptake would still mean significant pain. The digital euro could draw almost €1tn of deposits ...

New Digital Euro CBDC Survey The ECB recently published findings from a survey on consumer attitudes toward retail CBDC, conducted among 19,000 Europeans across 11 Eurozone countries.

This cumbersome process would be eliminated with a centralized CBDC, allowing players to conveniently purchase items such as skins or weapons using a digital euro, resulting in shorter ...

On Thursday, July 3, U.S. House Financial Services Chair French Hill (AR-02), Agriculture Chair GT Thompson (PA-15), and ...

Raoul Herborg, managing director, central bank digital currency (CBDC) solutions at Giesecke and Devrient (G+D) spoke to ...