The Russian Central Bank says that its CBDC, the digital ruble, “has nothing to do with” state efforts to collect biometric data.

The Chinese central bank has updated its digital yuan app, adding new CBDC-powered features, “service” options, and utilities bill payment

The Japanese government has announced a new policy aimed at supporting start-ups and embracing cryptocurrencies.

In a ground-breaking move that promises to reshape the financial landscape, Israel and Hong Kong’s central banks

A Russian beauty salon in Yekaterinburg has become one of the first businesses in the nation to accept a digital ruble payment

India's largest public sector bank, State Bank of India (SBI), has introduced UPI (Unified Payments Interface) interoperability with Digital

A Chinese commercial bank has launched new digital yuan-powered recycling rewards programs, with citizens receiving CBDC tokens

Digital ruble scammers have reportedly struck in multiple Russian regions, with fraudsters apparently hoping to dupe citizens

The South Korean central bank, the Bank of Korea (BOK), is set to showcase a “blueprint” for its CBDC in September

Australia’s central bank has completed its pilot of a central bank digital currency exploring use cases for a potential digital dollar

Payment giant Mastercard has established a forum to foster collaboration and discussions within the cryptocurrency industry regarding CBDCs

The Indian Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) wants to give users the ability to use crypto tokens to digitally

Brazil’s Central Bank revealed the official name of the new central bank digital currency (CBDC), also known as the digital real, DREX.

Russia’s central bank digital currency (CBDC) project developed by the Bank of Russia (BoR) has revealed its official logo.

The Bank of Korea has narrowed down three regions for the piloting of its central bank digital currency (CBDC)

Ripple – the company behind one of the world’s largest cryptocurrencies, XRP – has entered into a new partnership

Russia’s State Duma – the lower chamber of the local parliament – passed the digital ruble bill.

Beijing should consider allowing for Chinese Yuan (CNY)-backed stablecoins if it wants to internationalize its currency

The European Central Bank will start exploratory work for financial market settlement based on distributed ledger technology (DLT)

During the Point Zero Forum banking conference held in Zurich yesterday, the upcoming launch of a Swiss CHF-based CBDC