Kyrgyzstan President Sadyr Japarov took his country a step closer to issuing its own central bank digital currency Thursday, ...

A full replacement of fiat is unlikely in the near term. Instead, we are witnessing a hybrid future. CBDCs are modernizing ...

Kyrgyzstan President Sadyr Zhaparov signed a landmark CBDC law authorizing the country’s central bank to issue the “digital ...

This was revealed in the Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) 2024 annual report, which address several initiatives to improve the ...

While UPI is good, with the complete roll-out of CBDC, customers will at least have a choice, said RBI’s Deputy Governor T Rabi Sankar.

After announcing an advisory relationship with Binance founder Changpeng Zhao (CZ), the Kyrgyz Republic has approved a law ...

The Eastern European country of Belarus is reportedly set to roll out a central bank digital currency (CBDC) by next year.

Bitcoin (BTC) liquidations wiped out short positions, shifting the overall market sentiment for a new price rally.

However, a final decision on whether to officially issue the CBDC is not expected until the end of 2026, local outlet Trend News Agency reported in December. If the central bank decides to adopt ...

Belarus will launch CBDC by late 2026, first for businesses, then for the government and public, in partnership with Russia.

Sankar is currently overseeing the key portfolios of the FinTech Department, the Financial Markets Operations Department, and ...

The central Asian country is still deciding whether or not to issue a CBDC, but Thursday's amendments to the Constitutional Law of the Kyrgyz Republic ensures that the digital som will be treated ...