digital currency

[FRANKFURT] The European Central Bank (ECB) secured key parliamentary backing on Tuesday (Jun 23) for the launch of a digital euro, an electronic means of payments aimed at making the eurozone less re...

The next phase of integration will matter most

While gold remains the time-tested defensive anchor, Bitcoin, for all its volatility and structural immaturity, offers something else

Twelve new banks to be added to e-CNY programme

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

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

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

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

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