A panel of four central bank experts weighed in on how they are approaching central bank digital currencies during a Friday conference hosted by the Central Reserve Bank of Peru (BCRP) and Bank for International Settlements (BIS).
Crypto is now playing a significant role in Americans’ investment decisions, US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Friday during CNBC’s SquawkBox news program.
The Bank for International Settlements worked with central banks in Australia, Malaysia, Singapore and South Africa to create CBDC settlement prototypes.
Honduras' central bank has issued a statement today clarifying that bitcoin is not regulated as a currency there, following rumors that the Central American country would imminently announce moves to make cryptocurrency legal tender.
Argentina’s government has signaled it will discourage the use of cryptocurrencies as part of a nearly $45 billion debt restructuring deal with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), which is under debate in the country's Senate.
A now-deleted statement from US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen lays out how her department will implement the provisions of a long-awaited executive order from Joe Biden's White House.
President Joe Biden is expected to sign an executive order this week prompting different federal agencies to look into cryptocurrencies and examine how they should be regulated in the US, according to multiple reports. The bill could be signed as soon as Wednesday. It will not lay out specific policy, according to Politico. Instead, it […]
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, the central bank of the Philippines, intends to move forward with a research project focused on central bank digital currencies.