News - CBDCs

Bank of England CBDC tech ‘now available to any business’

Blockchain for finance pioneer Quant has unveiled its Overledger Platform, the infrastructure used i...

MPs call for urgent regulation of crypto industry

A report published by the Crypto and Digital Assets All Party Parliamentary Group has called for urg...

CBDCs may play key role in global payments, says G7

A meeting of the G7 committee has raised the potential role of Central Bank Digital Currencies in en...

UK Treasury seeks ‘digital pound’ head… on LinkedIn

The UK Treasury is advertising for a lead on its proposed central bank digital currency - on LinkedI...

UK considers launch of ‘digital pound’

The UK is considering the introduction of a ‘digital pound’. Andrew Griffith, economic secret...

Rishi Sunak becoming PM ‘good for crypto & FinTech’

The appointment of Rishi Sunak as Prime Minister is good news for cryptocurrency adoption and FinTec...

Nigel Farage: Bitcoin ‘insurgency’ mirrors my Brexit success

Nigel Farage, the architect of the UK’s exit from the European Union, says Bitcoin is “the ultim...

Consortium to reimagine global financial system from UK

A cross-industry consortium is being launched in the UK to reimagine and test new payment rails for ...

COVID-hit China airdrops 90m digital yuan to residents

Several areas of China have reportedly airdropped free digital yuan to residents to revitalise an ec...

‘Cryptocurrencies are worthless and founded on nothing’ – ECB boss

The president of the European Central Bank says that cryptocurrencies are ‘worthless’ and ‘fou...