CBDCs
How Investors Are Trading the Election
As the U.S. presidential election gets closer, market “predictions” are showing up in stocks from energy to private prisons.
BOJ's Kuroda Says Central Bank Will Start CBDC Experiments in Spring: Report
Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda said Monday the central bank will begin experiments on a digital yen in the spring.
Central Banks Haven't Made a Good Case for Digital Currencies: WSJ's Heard on the Street
Central banks are rushing into digital currencies without considering how the risks might outweigh any benefits, the column argues.
Federal Reserve, 6 Other Central Banks Set Out Core Digital Currency Principles
The seven central banks, along with BIS, have released a report setting out agreed core objectives that must be met by national digital currencies.
'It's Something We're Studying': Deputy Treasury Secretary Discusses US CBDC Plans
“It’s something we’re studying … [T]his is really a decision which sits as much with the Fed as it does with Treasury,” said Deputy Secretary Justin Muzinich.
South Korea's Central Bank to Test Digital Currency in 2021
The Bank of Korea is to run virtual trials of a possible central bank digital currency through 2021.
Inside the Estonian CBDC Experiment That Could Shape the Digital Euro
How the firm helping lead Estonia's central bank digital currency research is approaching a mass-market crypto coin.
CBDC Design Needs to Address Risk to Users, Says Bank of Canada
Building an anonymous central bank digital currency (CBDC) presents security risks – not only to the issuer but to the users themselves, says the Bank of Canada.
Estonia's Central Bank to Research if Blockchain Can Support a Digital Euro
Eesti Pank said the initiative will gauge the suitability of the KSI Blockchain, already used within the country's e-government system, in supporting a central bank digital currency.
Digital Euro Will ‘Protect’ Eurozone From Foreign Issuers, Says ECB Exec
An executive member at the European Central Bank says a digital euro could protect the eurozone's monetary sovereignty from outside influence.
