Currency
CBDCs could limit bank runs, US paper argues
Digital currency could make policy-makers better able to handle banking panics, say researchers
Uzbekistan introduces new 200,000 som note
Highest denomination banknote designed to ease cash payments
Central African Republic launches crypto asset
Regional central bank reaffirmed ban on cryptocurrency after CAR made bitcoin legal tender
Croatia gets green light to become 20th eurozone member
Eurozone expands for first time since 2015
US regulators gear up for CBDC work
US Treasury and Fed governor hint at the next steps in CBDC development
Cash, not trash: the second lives of substrate
Central banks and their banknote providers are taking a range of approaches to recycling cash
Zimbabwe fights inflation with gold coins
Announcement comes after currency devaluation
Chile central bank opens CBDC survey
Poll is part of gradually unfolding evaluation of potential digital currency
Japan and Soramitsu to conduct Asia-Pacific CBDC studies
Observers note de-dollarisation and spread of e-yuan as potential motivations
Legal certainty: the Achilles’ heel for CBDCs?
Many central banks lack legal certainty when it comes to issuing digital currencies, despite all the research and trials. Isn’t it time to get the lawyers involved?
Panama’s president vetoes parts of crypto law
Bankers’ association also opposes law, which president says lacks AML protections
The signal and the noise: cash forecasting in uncertain times
From big data tools to Arima models and structural time series, cash forecasting methods are evolving. The work could prove critical to the future of cash during uncertain times
CBDC and bank intermediation in the eurozone
An assessment of the impact different ‘digital euro’ designs related to remuneration and usage limits could have on the banking system, including during times of stress*
Book notes: A full-value ruble, by Kristy Ironside
Soviet experience shows MMT worked, only with far more challenges and downsides than promoters envisioned
Honduran banknote to honour murdered activist
Berta Cáceres, who was killed in 2016, has been declared a “national hero”
Book notes: The future of money, by Eswar S Prasad
Prasad’s book is the best on the topic so far, providing the most complete description of issues and factors that will shape the future of money
Digital yuan being tested at Chinese high school
“Smart ID card” allows students to make purchases – and parents to track them
Digital euro could be reality by 2026 – ECB’s Panetta
ECB will step up engagement with authorities and investigate means of issuing CBDC
CBDC little threat to Canadian bank liquidity – paper
Bank of Canada research says most bigger banks have enough funding to handle retail CBDC competition
Zimbabwe freezes all bank lending
President announces controls on money creation to stem decline of currency
Cuban central bank to license crypto service providers
Resolution may encourage greater use of virtual currencies for remittances
Central African Republic makes cryptocurrency legal tender
War-torn state is second country to give crypto official status, after El Salvador
Fiji launches $7 varnished banknote
Reserve Bank issues commemorative note to celebrate rugby sevens squads