The House of Representatives has officially passed the CBDC Anti-Surveillance State Act, a sweeping bill designed to block the Federal Reserve from issuing or testing a central bank digital currency ...

A proposed GOP ban on a central bank digital currency (CBDC) could pump the brakes on grand visions to reshape electronic payment access around the Federal Reserve. Republican lawmakers pushed the ban ...

A survey from a central bank-focused think tank found that fewer than one in five central banks are inclined to issue a central bank digital currency, compared to 38% in 2022. Update (March 31 at 4:09 ...

1. Introduction: What is a CBDC? A Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) is a digital currency issued directly by a country's central bank, such as the Federal Reserve in the United States or the ...

Cambodia's Bakong is commonly pointed to as Southeast Asia's most successful CBDC, except it's not a CBDC. Southeast Asia has 11 countries with a combined population of 700 million people, including ...

US Senator Ted Cruz introduced a bill on March 26 to prohibit the Federal Reserve from issuing a central bank digital currency (CBDC). The “Anti-CBDC Surveillance State Act,” would prohibit the Fed ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Shaping the future of banking with bitcoin. This week, so-called “Crypto Week” on Capitol Hill faltered when the House failed to ...

How could practitioners assess the domestic financial stability implications of retail CBDC? This chapter identifies six key transmission channels through which CBDC can affect financial ...

A new law in North Carolina seeks to ban CBDCs in the state, but there are questions about whether the new legislation is even legal. Privacy and sovereignty concerns ...

Chatter about state-run digital money is nudging capital toward Bitcoin. China is extensively testing digital currencies, whereas the U.S. is not. Investors betting on perpetual fear driving prices up ...

The European Central Bank (ECB) is planning to launch a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) in 2026. Currently, the goal is to offer a digital Euro to both consumers and institutional entities as the ...