The European Commission announced a package of measures against Russia, focusing on the energy and finance sectors, as the ...

New Bank of Korea Governor Shin Hyun-song said the central bank will expand the use of CBDC and deposit tokens through the ...

Bank of Korea shifts focus to CBDCs and tokenized deposits under Shin Hyun-song, while stablecoins receive limited policy ...

The BOK will increase scrutiny of crypto markets and non-bank finance, and will also modernize currency markets for 24-hour ...

7-Eleven is participating in the country’s CBDC test phase, which started on April 1 and will end on June 30. South Korea’s 7-Eleven stores will accept payments in the country’s central bank digital ...

The bills aim to define Bitcoin as a commodity, block a Federal Reserve issued CBDC, and regulate stablecoins while protecting decentralized assets. Today, the US House of Representatives has ...

The U.S. House has overwhelmingly passed the GENIUS Act and the Anti-CBDC Act, marking another major legislative win for President Trump and setting the stage for a more Bitcoin-friendly financial ...

KakaoBank is preparing to enter South Korea’s fast-growing stablecoin sector, according to local reports. In its first-half earnings call on Tuesday, KakaoBank CFO Kwon Tae-hoon said the firm is ...

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--With more than 90% of countries exploring, developing and implementing Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) as a way to increase financial inclusion and lower the ...

The Y2K bug never melted the global grid, yet the panic-buying of flashlights and canned beans in the last months of 1999 was very real. Today, central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) could be playing ...

Bank Indonesia (BI) is advancing its central bank digital currency (CBDC) project with a new model that integrates stablecoin mechanics, making the upcoming digital rupiah one of the world's first ...