A fight over banning a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) nearly derailed the defense bill. Learn what a CBDC is and why it ...

On a special episode (first released on May 14) of The Excerpt podcast: There’s something to cold hard cash. You can hold it; you can smell it; it feels a certain way in your pocket. Earlier this year ...

Rep. Keith Self has introduced an amendment to the annual defense bill that would block the creation of a US central bank digital currency.

As stablecoin rules take effect and the US Senate Banking and Agriculture Committees advance market structure drafts, ...

AUSTIN, Texas — If the U.S. moved forward with creating its own digital dollar, banks, as we know them, could be a thing of the past. Last Wednesday, President Joe Biden ordered the Treasury ...

For the first time, the U.S. House of Representatives has dedicated an entire week, July 14–18, to advancing crypto legislation. The GENIUS Act introduces the first federal framework for stablecoins ...

The world economy is currently undergoing a major transformation, marked by the widespread move to central bank digital currency (CBDC). Comparable to the introduction of paper money in 18th century ...

Is Circle launching a digital currency bank? Circle, the fintech firm behind USDC, has filed an application with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) to establish First National Digital ...

As China accelerates deployment of its digital yuan, and the European Central Bank advances toward a digital euro, the Republican Party is seeking to prevent the creation of a Central Bank Digital ...

Central Bank Digital Currency adoption is accelerating as 137 countries representing 98% of global GDP actively explore digital currencies. With major CBDC pilots expanding across Europe, China ...

June’s draft regulation for the digital euro would give legal backing to this demand. Phonemakers will be required to give paid access under “fair and reasonable terms”. Apple is, additionally, ...

US dollar-pegged stablecoins are emerging as strategic tools that could reinforce or reshape the US dollar’s global dominance. By enabling US dollar-linked transactions outside traditional financial ...