digital currency

India’s central bank proposes linking Brics’ digital currencies: sources

US President Donald Trump has previously said the bloc alliance is “anti-American” and he threatened to impose tariffs on its members

People’s Bank of China's figures showed the platform processed more than 3.4 billion transactions worth roughly 16.7 trillion yuan.

China-led cross-border digital currency platform sees surge in transactions

It is the latest sign that efforts to build alternatives to US-dollar-dependent global payment systems are gaining traction

The Bill proposes to bar crypto companies from paying interest to consumers solely for holding a stablecoin, such as Tether.

US senators introduce long-awaited Bill to define crypto market rules

The legislation gives the industry legal clarity, and defines when tokens are securities, commodities or otherwise

The PBOC appears to be accelerating work on the digital currency in recent months.

China to pay interest on digital yuan in bid to boost adoption

Whether the new interest-bearing arrangements will promote significantly wider adoption of the E-CNY remains unclear

Stablecoins operating on newer blockchains – such as Tether – are optimised for speed and throughput, but the transaction-processing capacity of blockchain-based technologies will always be subject to constraints.

Who’s afraid of stablecoins?

Ignore the hype – retailers and wholesalers cannot rely on this digital currency

As the drive to modernise global finance accelerates, banks and regulators in the region are being pushed to rethink how money moves across borders.
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Stablecoins are challenging Asia’s financial order

The rise of currency-backed digital tokens is putting pressure on institutions to rethink their financial plumbing

If lawmakers pass the needed legislation by the end of next year, the ECB expects a pilot of the digital euro to launch in 2027 and the first issuance take place as early as 2029.

ECB questions proposal of a purely offline digital euro

THE European Central Bank is pushing back against a European Parliament proposal that would launch the planned digital euro solely offline.

EU finance ministers agreed last month on a road map for launching the digital euro but retained a say on its eventual introduction and on the holding limit.

Digital euro could drain up to 700 billion euros of deposits in bank run, ECB says

The ECB has presented the digital currency as an alternative to US-dominated means of payment

Prior to the move, customers in Australia were able to use Gemini’s platform but were serviced through the firm’s global arm.

Crypto exchange Gemini launches Australian arm

[SINGAPORE] Cryptocurrency exchange Gemini said on Thursday (Oct 9) that it has launched an Australian operation as the firm expands into the country, offering its digital currency exchange services t...

By pooling expertise as well as developing common standards and interoperable regulatory frameworks, Asean+3 policymakers can transform a patchwork of responses into a regional architecture of resilience.

Central banks must guide Asean+3 through age of novel risks

Authorities must revise capital frameworks and integrate resilience into monetary operations to tackle challenges