Money is a contract between two or more parties. The arrangement solves a central challenge in trade referred to as the coincidence of wants problem

Learn the risks that Central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) pose to your monetary freedom and privacy.

I share my experience in designing the interface of a retail CBDC application. Perhaps these technologies will soon compete with traditional banking

The Nakamoto Terminal CBDC Factbook is a compilation of intelligence insights on international efforts to create Central Bank Digital Currencies.

Venezuela’s Petro, also known as Petromoneda, is an allegedly oil-backed CBDC introduced in 2018.

Over the better part of the past decade blockchain and digital assets have emerged from obscurity and concentrated increased interest not only from technologists but also professional and retail investors, entrepreneurs, regulators and the general public. At the heart of their success lie some of the best performing financial assets of the past decade, a multitude of potentially disruptive use cases utilizing blockchain, and arguably, the systematic failings of states and super-states to address fundamental flaws that adversely impact the global economy.

The current outbreak of coronavirus disease has significantly accelerated the development of central banks digital currencies (CBDC). It is easy to check with the growing number of projects and the recent first official launch of digital currency in the Bahamas. Moreover, Deutsche Bank analysts say that in the long term, CBDC can replace cash.

Nigeria’s CBDC, the e-Naira, whose launch gulped millions of Naira from the nation’s coffer is in a free fall two years after it made history.

In March 2022, Joe Biden officially asked the Federal Reserve (FED) to urgently begin developing plans for a U.S. Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC), or a so-called ‘digital dollar’. The US government is now starting to recognize the latent possibilities of the burgeoning digital asset market and hopes to use this technology to create a CBDC that will  “preserve the dominant role of the U.S. dollar.” But what is a CBDC? How does it relate to cryptocurrency, and what are the latest developments in the great CBDC experiment?

This article provides an in-depth examination of the environmental impact associated with digital currencies, with a particular focus on CBDCs.

The Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDC) may be pure evil, but from whose perspective? What is evil to some is pure goodness to others.

There is a very real possibility of the Bank of Thailand being among the first Asia-based banks to unveil a retail CBDC for use by its population and beyond.

The Money Tree, which should be familiar to researchers of CBDCs, is a good tool for differentiating cryptocurrencies, traditional bank deposits and CBDCs

In as much as moving stolen assets to Centralised Exchanges is highly risky, find out the motivation behind this valiant 'move' carried out by some hackers.

Government's around the world are preparing to roll out their respective CBDCs. It's important to understand some of the risks associated with this development

Central bank digital currencies are the future of money. This is the way.

The proposed ~$280 handout has all the hallmarks of a programmable CBDC, including expiry dates & geolocation-based restrictions: perspective

CBDC is a digital liability of a central bank that is widely available to the general public, and analogous to a digital form of paper money.

The initiative is set to train 1,000 Nigerians annually in cutting-edge fields such as artificial intelligence and blockchain technology.

The European Central Bank (ECB) puts out a call to digital identity experts to participate in a workstream that will contribute to its digital euro rulebook.

Bitcoin and Central Bank Digital Currencies - CBDC. What is the future of the dollar and money we know? Can Bitcoin change the way we think of the money?

The utilization of the "speed wallet" concept offers a temporary solution on the path to true CBDC implementation that central banks must examine closely.

Your ultimate guide to CBDC (Central Bank Digital Currency), answering the questions what is it, what are its use cases and its impact on the financial system.

Central Bank Digital Currency is on the verge of being rolled out in the USA, with the possibility that it will replace the cash dollar.

Will CBDCs replace cryptocurrency? Will Soulbound tokens -  as touted by Vitalik Buterin- help to overcome some of NFTs’ challenges? Let’s take a deep dive in!

The article highlights the motivations behind CBDC initiatives and evaluates the practical experiments conducted by central banks.

CBDCs, despite their promises of increased economic inclusion, pose a significant threat to our privacy and financial freedom.

By normalizing cryptocurrency-related banking services, the American government can help develop a more mature ecosystem to support cryptoassets and CBDCs.

Learn everything you need to know about Cbdc via these 59 free HackerNoon stories.

Dubai's DubaiCoin, $DBIX, is a new central bank digital currency

A bold re-envisioning of the fundamentals behind blockchain technology and economic theory, in this paper Chitose Nakamoto suggests a middle ground in crypto.

Your guide to explaining what Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) is and how it works globally. Case study of Brazilian DREX and other projects.

This article is in response to the announcement that the US is considering creating its own digital fiat currency, or "CBDC" (Central Bank Digital Currency), to improve “financial governance”.

Comparatively to traditional cryptocurrencies, a CBDC is centralized, and thus it is regulated by the issuing organization or country.

This piece endeavors to describe the first iteration of yield within decentralized finance (DeFi), the problems of inflation and incentive misalignment.

The Bank of Israel has already issued a central bank digital currency through a pilot test of a digital shekel. The idea of issuing such a currency has going around since 2017, but Israel has fast tracked the development process.

To paraphrase John K. Galbraith, while many concepts that relate money, venture into the arcane, others, such as CBDCs are so simple that “the mind is repelled”

ECCB's Dcash outage provides central bankers, governments, &technology providers with the opportunity to reflect on the challenges emerging from CBDC failures.

Governments must identify, discuss, and ideate their wallet choices when thinking about CBDCs, incorporating key policy considerations for true defi for all.

It is hard to believe that soon banks will lose their hegemony, but the process is happening and cryptocurrency is a big part of the reason

Countries that blend clarity with credibility will succeed in attracting crypto flows, entrepreneurs, and ecosystems.

The Taliban’s return to power presents a distinct use case for cryptocurrencies and central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) alike.

Over the last decade, the monetary policies of Central Banks haven't helped much the global economy and all have failed to meet their targets. Since the global financial crisis of 2008, Central Banks like the ECB have neither succeed to meet their inflation targets nor to restore the economic activity. Central Banks have also failed to innovate and adopt new technologies and systems that may solve many issues. However, the last few months this has changed as they have started to examine the new technologies like DLT or blockchain.

Earlier this May 2023, in the US, the state of Florida approved a ban on the use of any central bank digital currency (CBDC) as legal tender.

The ECB (European Central Bank) has published a report stating the digital euro is getting closer to be launched. It gives an overview of a possible roadmap for implementing the digital euro as well as the advantages and disadvantages of a digital currency in the euro zone.

Central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) have been in the rumors since 2013, with China allegedly developing in secrecy a government-issued centralized cryptocurrency to fight off the increasingly popular Bitcoin. But it wasn’t until September 2015 when the Bank of England had publicly discussed for the first time the use of a blockchain-based central bank currency as a way to implement negative interest rates, and March 2016 when the phrase “central bank digital currency” had been coined.

DeFi is a major financial breakthrough that validates the opinion that computers and technology are taking over and might even take over quicker than projected.

Let's hope that the general public understands the urgency to act to protect themselves against the Central Bank Digital Currencies.

CBDCs may be able to help bring stability to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict by acting as a mutually-trusted system for all groups to transact with each other.

In a significant development on Capitol Hill, U.S. Representative Tom Emmer celebrated the passage of his groundbreaking Anti-CBDC bill. This legislation...

Join the debate on the future of digital currencies and unravel the complexities of this financial privacy showdown!

The Central Bank of Nigeria first abolished crypto, then they suddenly came to terms with it, and now they even ADOPT IT! Is Gluwa to blame for this or is...

Central bank digital currency research and development has exploded. We answer common questions about this new financial technology.