CBDCs

Developer Six Clovers Launches Cross-Border Crypto Payments on Sui
Developer Six Clovers Launches Cross-Border Crypto Payments on Sui
Digital payment company Six Clovers is launching a new Web3 cross-border crypto payment system called the "Versal Network," which allows companies to transact in stablecoins a...
Developer Six Clovers Launches Cross-Border Crypto Payments on Sui

Tokenization Opportunity Could Reach $5T Over Next Five Years: Bernstein
Tokenization Opportunity Could Reach $5T Over Next Five Years: Bernstein
The CoinDesk Market Index performance has been mixed this week, with more than half of the 152 assets having positive returns. This comes amid a recent research report from Be...
Tokenization Opportunity Could Reach $5T Over Next Five Years: Bernstein

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The Impact of Tokenization on the Monetary System and the Need for Tokenized Central Banks
A comparison of central bank money and the public blockchain, as well as the hurdles associated with the use of public blockchain in real-world applications from a recent BIS...
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The IMF is looking at crossborder payments using CBDC (World Bank/Flickr)
IMF Official Presents Blueprint for Cross-Border CBDCs
The organization wants to help cut the cost of cross-border transactions without abandoning compliance checks or capital controls, Tobias Adrian, director of IMF’s monetary an...
The IMF is looking at crossborder payments using CBDC (World Bank/Flickr)

Privacy Concerns Dominate CBDC Talks at Consensus 2023
Privacy Concerns Dominate CBDC Talks at Consensus 2023
This week, CoinDesk is exploring the crypto industry's biggest themes based on conversations held at Consensus 2023. CoinDesk deputy managing editor of Global Policy and Regul...
Privacy Concerns Dominate CBDC Talks at Consensus 2023

Nairobi, Kenya (Amani Nation/Unsplash)
Kenya Central Bank Takes Ambivalent Stance on Digital Currency
The allure of a CBDC is fading and issuing one "may not be a compelling priority," the bank said.
Nairobi, Kenya (Amani Nation/Unsplash)

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis greets former President Donald Trump in 2020, before they became campaign rivals.  (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
Welcome, Crypto, to the Fiery Cauldron of U.S. Presidential Politics
Before the push for the White House really gets rolling, digital assets – including bitcoins and CBDCs – are being hefted as ideological effigies, but will it matter?
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis greets former President Donald Trump in 2020, before they became campaign rivals.  (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

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Unraveling the Digital Currency Landscape With Riccardo Ricchi
Insights from the Expert: Join the Head of Policy and Government Relations at The Payments Association as he sheds light on the diverse world of stablecoins, cryptocurrencies,...
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis explains state's CBDC "ban." (CoinDesk screen grab from governor's office video)
Florida’s DeSantis Waging Toothless Campaign Against Digital Dollars, Lawyers Say
The political movement to use state commerce rules to stop central bank digital currencies is based in legal nonsense that has no power to ban anything, experts contend.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis explains state's CBDC "ban." (CoinDesk screen grab from governor's office video)

Christopher Giancarlo: Fight for the Future of Money in the U.S.
Christopher Giancarlo: Fight for the Future of Money in the U.S.
Christopher Giancarlo, the former chair of the CFTC, also known as ‘Crypto Dad’ said the U.S. is resisting digitization of the dollar due to it being a threat to the country’s...
Christopher Giancarlo: Fight for the Future of Money in the U.S.