Interest in developing their own central bank digital currencies remains strong among central banks worldwide, but so far, ...

Several countries are at the forefront of CBDC adoption, each exploring different models and approaches. China, for example, has made significant strides with its e-CNY, and after conducting ...

Community Business Development Corporations (CBDCs) continue to be a pillar of support for local entrepreneurs and businesses ...

Nearly a third of surveyed central banks said they’re delaying the launch of a CBDC over regulatory concerns and changing ...

which while looked at with disfavor in the Global North, could provide advantages in less developed economies. In Kazakhstan, ...

The Boston Federal Reserve and National Bank of Kazakhstan are, among others, examples of such banks, spending the time and energy to do fairly exhaustive and systematic studies on CBDC use and ...

A significant portion of central banks worldwide have delayed their plans for launching CBDCs, citing regulatory challenges.

China, for example, moved quickly toward the prospect of its own CBDC, called the digital yuan. The Bahamas burst on the central bank digital currency market in 2020 with the first CBDC.

Regulatory, political, and economic challenges delay CBDCs, but many central banks continue advancing development plans ...

For example, a cryptographic flaw in a commitment scheme could leak user privacy, compromising user funds. Similarly, a device breach in a tokenization scheme could enable that device to ...

The Nigerian government is intentionally forcing its citizens into a cashless Keynesian economy while they position their surveillance CBDC - eNaria as final destination.” As this example shows, the ...

An example of this would be the parents who give pocket money to their children, who can spend it only with specific vendors. Or a store that offers refunds in CBDC which customers can spend only ...