CBDC


Policy

Nigeria's CBDC eNaira Used for Nearly $10M Worth of Transactions Since October

The eNaira app has been downloaded 840,000 times and has 270,000 active wallets

The eNaira wallet registration page (CoinDesk)

Policy

Colombia explora la creación de una CBDC para combatir la evasión fiscal

Como parte de un programa de reforma impositiva, el gobierno del país sudamericano también planea imponer límites a las transacciones en efectivo.

Bandera de Colombia. (Flavia Carpio/Unsplash)

Policy

Colombia Explores Creating a CBDC to Combat Tax Evasion

As part of a tax reform program, the government of the South American country also plans to impose limits on cash transactions.

Bandera de Colombia. (Flavia Carpio/Unsplash)

Finance

UK Group to Test Stablecoin Payments, Provide Data to Bank of England

The Digital FMI Consortium, a group of private-sector companies, will start a pilot scheme in October and run it for a minimum of a year.

El Banco de Inglaterra sube las tasas en 50 puntos base. (PeterRoe/Pixabay)

Finance

Reserve Bank of Australia Starts Pilot to Explore CBDC Use Cases

Australia's central bank plans to create a CBDC that will operate in a ring-fenced environment.

Australian dollars (Squirrel photos/Pixabay)

Policy

Thailand's Central Bank Extends Retail CBDC Study to Pilot Phase

The Bank Of Thailand still says it doesn't plan to issue a retail digital currency.

Bangkok, Thailand's capital. (Florian Wehde/Unsplash)

Opinion

Banks Aren’t Going to 'HODL' Bitcoin

New proposals from the Bank for International Settlements are unlikely to lead banks to hold bitcoin. But they could open the door to CBDCs, says our columnist.

(Sirisvisual/Unsplash)

Policy

Bitcoin, Stablecoins the Worst Options for Cross-Border Payments, ECB Study Says

A senior central banker said state-backed digital currencies would be quicker and cheaper.

CBDCs would be better than bitcoin or stablecoins at speeding up cross-border payments, a European Central Bank study says. (Raimund Linke/Getty Images)