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CBDC – Central Bank Digital Currencies

  • Altcoins

    e-CNY now a payment option on WeChat Pay in all pilot areas

    By offering China’s digital currency in trial as a payments option in all pilot areas, payments giant WeChat Pay is paving the way for the wider adoption of the digital yuan in the world’s most advanced digital payments market. See related article: China’s digital yuan is now in 23 cities Fast facts WeChat Wednesday said […]

    Timmy Shen

  • DeFi News

    Could CBDCs help banks make DeFi irrelevant?

    Unregulated and fragmented, DeFi remains niche, writes John Mitchell of Episode Six. Here’s how programmable money can help banks do what decentralized finance is doing.

    John Mitchell

  • Bitcoin News

    China’s digital yuan expands to five more cities

    Residents in five more Chinese cities were able to access digital yuan wallets starting Thursday, marking a major development for central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) globally.  See related article: Asian Games set for digital yuan, metaverse pilots, tech firm claims Fast facts See related article: Digital yuan pilot attracts Chinese province bordering Russia

    Ningwei Qin

  • Metaverse Events

    Asian Games set for digital yuan, metaverse pilots, tech firm claims

    A Hangzhou-based data firm has confirmed that it is working on the application of the digital yuan and the metaverse in the upcoming 2022 Asian Games.  See related article: China’s digital yuan app now publicly accessible, one step closer to launch Fast facts See related article: 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou to sell torch NFTs […]

    Ningwei Qin

  • Bitcoin News

    Hangzhou company claims city will likely win digital yuan pilot bid

    An anonymous company based in Hangzhou told state media that it has signed deals with major commercial banks to facilitate the digital yuan, hinting China’s southeastern city could be a winning bidder for an upcoming batch of digital yuan pilot programs.  See related article: PBOC branch chief seeks clarity on digital yuan as legal tender […]

    Ningwei Qin

  • Regulation

    US senators sound alarm over China’s digital yuan, Russia SWIFT sanctions

    Nine U.S. senators are backing a bill that aims to crack down on China’s central bank digital currency (CBDC), the e-CNY or digital yuan, which they claim could allow Russia to bypass financial sanctions imposed on its banks and entities.  See related article: Digital yuan pilot attracts Chinese province bordering Russia Fast facts “If left […]

    Timmy Shen

  • Regulation

    Biden pushes the U.S. on CBDCs in sweeping crypto executive order

    President Joe Biden on Wednesday urged the federal government to research and develop a digital dollar in an executive order describing broader directives for a coordinated and comprehensive U.S. approach to digital assets. See related article: CBDC tracker shows U.S. falling further behind Fast facts “My Administration places the highest urgency on research and development […]

    Jeanhee Kim