digital currency
Decoding the relationship between gold and Bitcoin will be vital for institutional portfolios in 2026
While gold remains the time-tested defensive anchor, Bitcoin, for all its volatility and structural immaturity, offers something else
China to allow more banks to handle digital yuan: sources
Twelve new banks to be added to e-CNY programme
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
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
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
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
Who’s afraid of stablecoins?
Ignore the hype – retailers and wholesalers cannot rely on this digital currency
Stablecoins are challenging Asia’s financial order
The rise of currency-backed digital tokens is putting pressure on institutions to rethink their financial plumbing
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.
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
