CBDC

The Atlantic Council says 130 countries are currently exploring a central bank digital currency (CBDC). Atlantic Council GeoEconomics Center associate director Ananya Kumar shares her insights into the race for the future of money and the privacy implications. Plus, the role of CBDCs in the U.S. presidential election and the outlook for the digital dollar.

29 aug 2023

Australia won't be introducing a CBDC for some years, according to a new report from the country's central bank. David Lavecky, CEO and co-founder of fintech firm CANVAS, which facilitated the first-ever foreign exchange transaction using an Australian Central Bank Digital Currency, shares insights into Australia's eAUD pilot. "It's really shown that there is a path forward tokenizing the economy and having a ecosystem of both CBDCs and privately-issued stablecoins," Lavecky said.

24 aug 2023

Australia's central bank announced that the country will not likely make a decision on a central bank digital currency (CBDC) for some years due to several unresolved issues that surfaced at the end of the pilot project. "First Mover" hosts Jennifer Sanasie and Amitoj Singh weigh in.

23 aug 2023

Payments giant Mastercard has created a forum where crypto industry players can discuss and collaborate on central bank digital currencies, injecting its influential voice into the CBDC conversation as nations around the world consider whether to digitize their money. "The Hash" panel discusses their outlook on the utility and adoption of CBDCs.

18 aug 2023

On a recent episode of the "Joe Rogan Experience," host Joe Rogan and rapper Post Malone discuss their concerns over the prospect of a digital dollar, with the two agreeing that central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) would be a "checkmate" situation. "The Hash" team weighs in as mainstream conversations around banning CBDCs continues to heat up.

11 aug 2023

Bitcoin and crypto have become unexpected talking points on the U.S. Presidential campaign trail. Miami Mayor Francis Suarez joins "The Hash" panel with an update on his Presidential bid and accepting bitcoin donations for his campaign. Plus, how Suarez plans to "set the ground rules" for the crypto industry if elected and why he's "never been a fan" of central bank digital currencies (CBDCs).

4 aug 2023

Central bank digital currencies are becoming increasingly controversial, with several U.S. presidential candidates taking strong stances against them. Meanwhile, the Atlantic Council reports 130 countries are exploring the use of CBDCs. CoinDesk's executive director of global content Emily Parker shares insights into how the Bank of Japan views the digital yen and its role in the global CBDC race.

3 aug 2023

Koray Caliskan, author of "Data Money: Inside Cryptocurrencies, Their Communities, Markets, and Blockchains," argues that nothing could be more wrong than avoiding a central bank digital currency, emphasizing that “the public needs to have" CBDCs to follow the movement and discuss the nature of uses of a multi-money universe in our new economies.

1 aug 2023

Ripple vice president of central bank engagements and CBDCs James Wallis joins "First Mover" to discuss his insights into the country of Palau leveraging Ripple's CBDC platform and starting a stablecoin trial on the XRP Ledger. Wallis also weighs in on Ripple Labs scoring a partial win against the SEC earlier this month after a judge ruled the sale of Ripple's XRP tokens on exchanges and through algorithms did not constitute investment contracts.

28 jul 2023

Nigeria is changing its eNaira model to encourage more use of the central bank digital currency (CBDC), Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Acting Governor Folashodun Shonubi said Wednesday according to a post on the bank's Twitter account. "The Hash" panel discusses the latest in the eNaira project.

26 jul 2023