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The digital euro project may reopen the debate about whether Sweden should introduce its own central bank digital currency ...

Norway’s central bank has decided it does not need a central bank digital currency (CBDC) for now, capping several years of ...

Norges Bank, the central bank of Norway, concluded that introducing a central bank digital currency (CBDC) is “not warranted at this time,” marking a clear signal that the country is reconsidering the ...

The European Central Bank (ECB) is laying the groundwork for the probable launch of its wholesale and retail central bank digital currency (CBDC), the Digital Euro. Christine Lagarde, President of the ...

Norway delays a digital krone as Norges Bank backs its secure payment system and expands tokenisation research.

In a statement, Ida Wolden Bache, the Governor of Norges Bank, confirmed that Norway’s central bank discovered that the country does not require a central bank digital currency at this moment. However ...

While the United States has turned away from the concept of a retail central bank digital currency (CBDC), other jurisdictions, such as Europe and China, have embraced it. As has been reported, a ...

A regulatory attorney told Decrypt that Greene’s claims about a CBDC loophole do not ‘have a real legal basis.’ ...

The European Parliament’s Sarah Knafo said it’s time to stop “totalitarian temptations” by the European Central Bank and adopt Bitcoin. European lawmaker Sarah Knafo called on the European Union to ...

The digital euro will be one of the most private forms of electronic payment, according to a data protection official from the European Central Bank. On Oct. 2, 2020, the European Central Bank (ECB) ...

A digital euro is at least two years away, the European Central Bank’s president told lawmakers on Monday as she sought to address privacy fears arising from the central bank digital currency (CBDC).