Australia’s central bank has announced a shift toward wholesale CBDC development, citing greater economic benefits and fewer challenges compared to a retail version. The Reserve Bank of Australia seems to be prioritizing wholesale CBDC development ov

A new report reveals that 134 countries, covering 98% of the global economy, are exploring digital currencies, with 44 currently piloting CBDCs. Central bank digital currencies are gaining widespread attention, with nearly 99% of the global economy n

The deal will see Emtech’s CBDC solutions and its regulatory and compliance sandboxes integrated into Accenture’s offerings.

The Bank of England (BoE) wants to test distributed ledger technology (DLT) and wholesale central bank digital currencies or CBDC (wCBDC). These experiments will map the dynamics of the payments lands

COTI, along with 14 other fintech firms, has been selected to participate in the Bank of Israel’s Digital Shekel Challenge, which aims to explore the feasibility of a central bank digital currency (CB