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105 Countries Are Exploring Central Bank Digital Currencies, CBDC Tracker Shows

There are now 105 countries that are exploring central bank digital currencies (CBDCs). Among them, 50 countries are in an advanced phase of digital currency exploration (development, pilot, or launch)....

Fed issues ‘first step’ paper on CBDCs

(Jan. 21, 2022) Pros and cons of a U.S. central bank digital currency (CBDC) are examined in a discussion paper released by the Federal Reserve Thursday, the agency said, which...

Like cicadas, buzz about U.S. digital currency grows

(May 28, 2021) Discussion of digital currency and if (or when) the Federal Reserve will begin issuing its own version of the new money was ramped up over the last...