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Tether to launch tokens pegged to the British pound in an expansion of its lineup of stablecoins
Putting British pounds on the blockchain will provide a "faster, less costly option for asset trans…
Carla Mozée
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Stablecoins could exist alongside a digital dollar as CBDCs could help secure global payments systems, Fed Vice Chair Lael Brainard says
A CBDC "could coexist with and be complementary to stablecoins and commercial bank money," Brainard…
Carla Mozée
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Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says a central bank digital currency must support the US dollar's global dominance
A CBDC "could become a form of trusted money comparable to physical cash" and offer some of the ben…
Phil Rosen
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Lawmakers have introduced a bill that would allow the US Treasury to create a digital dollar
US lawmakers proposed a bill for a digital dollar to be issued by the US Treasury, rather than the …
Phil Rosen
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Biden is preparing to sign an executive order to expand US oversight of the $2 trillion cryptocurrency market
The president's pending directive on cryptocurrencies has been in the works long before Russia's in…
Carla Mozée
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Billionaire investor Charlie Munger compares crypto to a venereal disease and says the US should ban it
Warren Buffett's business partner said some people welcome crypto's usefulness in committing crimes…
Hamza Fareed Malik
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India should ban 'Ponzi' private cryptos or risk wrecking the country's financial system, a top RBI central banker has warned
Private cryptocurrencies are worse than a Ponzi scheme, and could wreck India's ability to control …
Hamza Fareed Malik
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Fed punts on the creation of a digital dollar in long-awaited report on central bank cryptocurrencies
The Fed said the report wasn't intended to indicate "any imminent decisions about the appropriatene…
Natasha Dailey
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Visa is testing a platform that will support central bank digital currencies in partnership with blockchain firm ConsenSys
Payment rival Mastercard already launched a similar CBDC testing platform in December 2020, also in…
Isabelle Lee
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A 'Britcoin' would carry financial stability and security challenges and there's 'no convincing case' for one, says House of Lords report
The report from Parliament's upper chamber arrives as the Bank of England explores introducing a di…
Carla Mozée
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A US congressman has proposed a bill to limit the Fed's ability to issue its own digital currency
Rep. Tom Emmer said the Fed should not have central authority over the retail accounts of Americans…
Isabelle Lee
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Private cryptocurrencies and a US central bank coin would be able to coexist, Fed chief Jerome Powell says
The comments were be a shift in tone from July, when the Fed chair said he saw no need for cryptos …
Isabelle Lee
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RBI gets set to float it's digital currency -- check details here
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has made no bones about it being averse to crypto currency, ever…
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Bank of America's COO shared his outlook for the future of the digital-asset space in a recent address. Here are the 7 best quotes.
Tom Montag has been at the helm of BofA's massive investment banking unit. He announced his retirem…