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Don't Call It 'Britcoin': Digital Pound Nothing Like Crypto, Bank of England Official Says

The central bank has made no decision on whether a digital pound would use distributed ledger technology, Deputy Governor Jon Cunliffe said.

Bank of England Deputy Governor Jon Cunliffe (Camomile Shumba/CoinDesk)

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Digital Pound Holdings Could Be Limited to 10K, Central Bank Says

The Bank of England has set out technical features of its central bank digital currency, which officials have said is likely to be needed.

The Bank of England (BOE) building (Jason Alden/Bloomberg/Getty Images)

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Central Banks Are Working on a Monitoring System for Stablecoin Balance Sheets

The Bank for International Settlements is spearheading a project that will look into tech tools that could help regulators form policy frameworks for stablecoins based on data.

The BIS's London Innovation Hub is experimenting on a stablecoin monitoring system. (Yuichiro Chino/Getty Images)

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India's Reliance Retail, Other Merchants Now Accepting Digital Rupee

The pilot phase for India's digital currency has expanded beyond the original four cities.

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UK Treasury Is Looking for CBDC Head as It Explores Digital Pound

The country's government will introduce a consultation on its CBDC in the coming weeks.

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Digital Euro Will Never Be Programmable, ECB’s Panetta Says

Some observers have touted restrictions on how people can spend their money as an advantage of a central bank digital currency.

Fabio Panetta (Horacio Villalobos#Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images)

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Swiss National Bank's Moser on CBDCs VS. Private Stablecoins

Thomas Moser, Alternate Member of the Governing Board at the Swiss National Bank, discusses why central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) address counterparty risks of private stablecoins.

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Inside Swiss National Bank's Wholesale CBDC Project

Last week, the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), the Swiss National Bank (SNB) and the country’s stock exchange, SIX, successfully piloted the integration of wholesale CBDC settlement. Thomas Moser, Alternate Member of the Governing Board at the Swiss National Bank, joins CoinDesk's Christine Lee from Davos 2023 to discuss the Swiss central bank's CBDC trial and the outlook for digital money.

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Carbonbase CEO on the State of CBDC Use In China

Carbonbase CEO Max Song shares insights into how retail central bank digital currency (CBDC) is being used inside China, among other things, to incentivize green action. Plus, he discusses challenges of a government CBDC.

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China Launches Smart-Contract Functionality on Digital Yuan Through E-Commerce App Meituan

Through the smart contract, users can win part of a daily prize of $1,312 for using the digital yuan.

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