From warnings about offline payments to concerns about scammers, here are this week's biggest developments in central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) from around the world.

For all the key details of new blockchain projects in the banking world, real-world asset (RWA) tokenization, stablecoins and central bank digital currency (CBDC) updates, the Observers 'Banking and CBDC Roundup' has you covered. This week the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) announced a new wholesale CBDC initiative,

For all the key details of new blockchain projects in the banking world, real-world asset (RWA) tokenization, stablecoins and central bank digital currency (CBDC) updates, the Observers 'Banking and CBDC Roundup' has you covered. An overall green week for cryptocurrency was tainted by a red from the European

Amid the digital euro's preparation phase, the ECB is trying to get support from future users and commercial structures by publishing encouraging materials.

For all the key details of new blockchain projects in the banking world, real-world asset (RWA) tokenization, and central bank digital currency (CBDC) updates, the Observers 'Banking and CBDC Roundup' has you covered. This week, the governor of the Philippines Central Bank (BSP), Eli M. Remolona Jr. made

At the European Parliament this week, experts discussed the future of the eurozone's CBDC. Despite differing opinions, all those who spoke agreed that the digital euro was fairly unappealing in its current form.

Following a two-year investigation, the ECB is starting to lay the foundations for the potential issuance of its CBDC, although a final decision on whether to launch the digital euro has still not been made.

As part of its work on the digital euro, the European Commission has proposed a definition and regulation for ‘legal tender’ of euro coins and banknotes, as seemingly this has never previously existed in official legislation.