In testimony before Congress, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said that the idea of the United States adopting a central bank digital currency (CBDC) is far from being...
Hong Kong’s central bank has launched a wholesale central bank digital currency (wCBDC) project. The effort, dubbed “Project Ensemble,” is designed to support a new...
Onyx by J.P. Morgan has recently launched programmable payments through its blockchain-based digital currency, JPM Coin. This innovative solution allows users to program their transactions...
The hallmark of stablecoins has been instability. In a paper published this week by the Bank of International Settlements (BIS), the analysis shows that with a...
The Swiss National Bank (SNB) is set to begin piloting a wholesale digital franc next month. The bank, along with six other lenders from Switzerland, Germany and...
The recent attack on Israel by Hamas reportedly may have been funded in part by cryptocurrency. A review of Israeli government seizure orders and blockchain...
R3, a prominent blockchain company in the finance industry, has reportedly laid off one-fifth of its workforce. The company eliminated positions across different functions and...
Ledger, a provider of products and services for handling digital assets, has partnered with PayPal to offer a convenient and secure way for new users to...
A digital euro should complement, not replace, other electronic payment methods or cash. So said European Central Bank (ECB) Executive Board Member Fabio Panetta in...