CBDCs

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Labour Wants UK to Be a Securities Tokenization Hub and Advance Digital Pound Work
The opposition party leads the polls in what's likely to be an election year.
Rachel Reeves (Nicola Tree/Getty Images)

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Trump Reiterates Anti-CBDC Stance, Credits Vivek Ramaswamy for Policy Guidance
The Republican frontrunner credited former candidate Vivek Ramaswamy for the policy.
Donald Trump (CSPAN Screenshot)

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Donald Trump Vows to 'Never Allow' Central Bank Digital Currencies if Elected
Former President Donald Trump joins Ron DeSantis as a critic of CBDCs.
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Central banks from Mexico and Colombia studied crypto's role in the developing world (Flickr)
Test and Deploy: A New Era for CBDCs
Live CBDCs have been met with underwhelming demand. However, some central banks are pushing ahead with more modestly-scaled efforts laser focused on specific use cases.
Central banks from Mexico and Colombia studied crypto's role in the developing world (Flickr)

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What Is a Central Bank Digital Currency? A Brief Guide to CBDCs
Central bank digital currency (CBDC) aims to take the benefits from blockchain-based digital currency and combine it with fiat currency under the control of the central bank.
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European Central Bank Shows It’s Serious About Enabling Digital Euro Offline Use
The bank plans to allocate the lion’s share of its $1.3 billion contract budget for providers to work on enabling offline payments for a digital euro.
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Shaktikanta Das, Governor, Reserve Bank of India (left) and Nirmala Sitharaman, Indian Finance Minister at the G20 Annual Meetings, in Washington DC in October 2022. (Indian Ministry of Finance)
India's Digital Rupee Crossed a Million Transactions in 1 Day With Some Help From Banks
The retail CBDC pilot is active in more than 15 cities with more than a dozen banks participating.
Shaktikanta Das, Governor, Reserve Bank of India (left) and Nirmala Sitharaman, Indian Finance Minister at the G20 Annual Meetings, in Washington DC in October 2022. (Indian Ministry of Finance)

Bank of Korea
Bank of Korea Governor Sees CBDC Introduction as Case for 'Urgency:' Report
Stablecoins' widespread usage and frequent instability could reduce the effectiveness of central bank monetary policies, Rhee Chang-yong said.
Bank of Korea

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Taiwan Completes Wholesale CBDC Technical Study, Central Bank Official Says
The focus is now on gathering feedback and improving a platform design, according to Deputy Governor Chu Mei-lie.
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Mastercard Says Customers Are Too Comfortable With Today's Money for Adoption of CBDCs: CNBC
The payments giant has a CBDC Partner Program that includes participants such as Ripple, Fireblocks and Consensys.
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