"Central-bank digital currency" doesn’t exactly roll off the tongue. But you might want to get used to saying it. These so-called CBDCs, or digital versions of dollars, yuan, euros, yen or any ...

While the world remains focused on the tragic situation in Ukraine, the Biden administration is preparing to launch America’s first government-backed digital currency. If a new digital dollar is ...

On the surface, an American or European digital currency hardly seems necessary. After all, people in the developed world certainly have no lack of digital means to get paid and to make payments.

Digital currency has come a long way from its early days with Bitcoin leading the charge. Blockchain technology is a game-changer, but it’s not without its hurdles.

As technology continues to revolutionize the way people live, work and spend, central banks around the globe have kicked off efforts to reinvent their local currencies for the digital era. Now ...

The push to develop a digital currency began in 2014, according to the People’s Bank of China. Authorities spent six years researching the project before launching pilot programs this year in ...

More people are going cashless; a digital currency backed by the Fed would have “the full faith and credit of the U.S. government”; CBDCs could provide a counter against the rise of ...

Bitcoin, the pioneering digital currency, is coming off a record-breaking year, surpassing $100,000 for the first time in its 16-year history last December.

As digital versions of national currencies are issued by central banks, CBDCs will not only change traditional banking but also the crypto space. They raise big questions about the future of money ...

But the idea, in reality, goes further: creating a digital currency outside the system, which only requires the participation of the central bank that issues it (and in fact, not even having a ...

The Federal Reserve is taking the next step in weighing whether to launch a U.S. digital currency, issuing a report Thursday that explores the potential benefits and drawbacks of such a move ...

A sign indicates that the cryptocurrencies Tether (USDT), Bitcoin, Ethereum and Litecoin are accepted at the Hong Kong Digital Asset Exchange Ltd. digital currency trading store in Hong Kong, June ...