"Even if CBDC is not used, we still need it for interlinking", conclude Canadian researchers. Meanwhile, the digital euro overcomes a key technical hurdle, as Israel and Taiwan say they won't launch CBDC until someone else does first.

Some exciting news this week coming from China. The Chang’e-6 lunar module has successfully returned to Earth, marking a historic achievement by collecting the first-ever samples from the far side of the moon. This successful mission is a significant milestone for China's ambitious space program, with Zhang

The ECB issues a progress report on the digital euro, demand for the e-rupee sinks in India, while China integrates e-CNY in the insurance payment systems

It has been one more week of destructive heavy rains and heatwaves, horrific war acts, alarming reports on looming financial crises, and muddy political battles threatening to destroy the social fabric of whole societies. In the face of all the chaos around them (or to not face it), people turned

The IMF's been warned that it might have bitten off more than it can chew as it leads the charge on CBDC policies, as McKinsey claims the tokenization market in 2030 will be worth a lot less than previous estimates. Iran, Ethiopia and South Korea in CBDC news.

Summer has yet to start in Europe, but temperatures are already going up the roof. Last week's European Parliament elections turned the tables on EU politics, even if not as drastically as expected. French President Emmanuel Macron called for snap elections following his party's defeat to

ECB President Christine Lagarde casts doubt on a digital euro by 2027 — as China silently removes the 'pilot version' markings from its e-CNY application

Today millions of voters across the European Union are heading to the polls to elect their country's representatives in the bloc's Parliament for the next five years. While the economic might of the twenty-seven-country union has been decreasing over the last few decades, its political institutions