Digital currency
Regulators around the world join Singapore’s tokenisation project
Singapore, UK, Japan and Switzerland will collaborate on decentralised finance infrastructure
Cipollone joins ECB board
Italian economist succeeds Panetta, who takes over the Bank of Italy
Sam Bankman-Fried takes the stand in wire fraud trial
FTX head says he doesn’t know how $9 billion in funds disappeared
Bénédicte Nolens on the latest mBridge developments
The head of the Bank for International Settlements’ Hong Kong Centre speaks about cross-border CBDC governance, ongoing FX challenges and evolving technology
Zimbabwe cuts policy rate to 130%
Reserve Bank reduces rate by 2,000bp as inflation eases, according to official figures
BIS releases guide to tackle ‘complex’ offline CBDC design
Trade-offs include privacy and security to meet jurisdiction-specific objectives
‘Digital pound’ needed as cash successor, says BoE’s Cunliffe
Departing deputy governor says CBDC could be necessary by decade’s end
Decentralised finance has outpaced regulation – ECB paper
Technology with ‘no legal personality’ poses financial stability risks
CBDC opponent is Republican speaker candidate for four hours
Emmer has introduced 'CBDC Anti-Surveillance Act' to lower house
US Treasury division proposes crypto mixer regulation
Proposals target terrorism financing after Office of Foreign Assets Control sanctions Hamas
Public trust: the role of the private sector in exploring digital currency
Digital currencies that effectively protect financial privacy in lawful transactions will garner enduring confidence in the highly integrated networks of the future, argue J Christopher Giancarlo and Daniel Gorfine
Australia proposes crypto regulation reforms
Platform operators would need a licence and be subject to financial services laws
Fed watchdog says supervisors could have stopped Silvergate
Failed California bank should have required permission for switch into cryptocurrency
BIS wraps up cross-border CBDC trial
Project Mariana explored FX settlement using ‘automated market-makers’
Joachim Nagel on the ECB’s terminal rate, fiscal policy, model relevance and the digital euro
The Deutsche Bundesbank president speaks about compromise on the Governing Council, rolling back PEPP, the need to implement Basel III and the chances of a revised Stability and Growth Pact
Will the use of CBDCs improve cross-border payments?
International trials using CBDCs highlight significant architectural and practical challenges, writes Warren Coats
Retail CBDCs can promote payment competition, report finds
BIS, HKMA and Bank of Israel say project found using different service providers need not harm security
Barr says Fed will not issue CBDC without legislation
Supervision chief warns of danger of unregulated issuance of stablecoins
PBoC developing interoperable QR codes for digital yuan
Digital yuan to be available in all retail scenarios and in wholesale securities markets
Kazakhstan joins mBridge project
NBK joins cross-border CBDC project as an observer
Swift tokenisation experiments connect multiple blockchains
Banks and FMIs working towards 24/7 global asset trading settlement and servicing
Hungary’s gamified CBDC pilot designed for children
Student Safe project is the first live retail CBDC pilot in Europe
SEC targets NFTs in enforcement action
Two commissioners dissent from first SEC action against NFT issuer
RBA says CBDC decision is likely ‘some years away’
Australian central bank says a CBDC might improve payments system but also questions its necessity