Kyrgyzstan President Sadyr Japarov took his country a step closer to issuing its own central bank digital currency Thursday, ...

After announcing an advisory relationship with Binance founder Changpeng Zhao (CZ), the Kyrgyz Republic has approved a law ...

Kyrgyzstan President Sadyr Zhaparov has signed a constitutional law authorizing the launch of a central bank digital currency ...

The Eastern European country of Belarus is reportedly set to roll out a central bank digital currency (CBDC) by next year.

Issuing a digital ruble is a government priority in Belarus and the plan is to have it ready by the end of next year, a ...

Belarus will launch CBDC by late 2026, first for businesses, then for the government and public, in partnership with Russia.

Central bank digital currencies have the potential to improve financial inclusion for women, but only if they are combined with a system that lowers multiple other barriers to their financial ...

Dr. Nir Yaacobi from the Digital Shekel team at the Bank of Israel shared that participants in the study were randomly ...

Italy’s economy minister warns that US dollar stablecoins are a bigger threat than Trump’s tariffs, pushing the EU to ...

Stablecoins promise efficiency, but in India’s robust financial ecosystem, they risk monetary sovereignty, regulatory gaps, ...

On April 2, 2025, the U.S. House Financial Services Committee passed the Anti-CBDC Surveillance State Act, a bill introduced by House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, by a 27-22 vote.

Belarus plans to fully launch its CBDC, the digital ruble, by late 2026, as confirmed by the central bank and the Prime ...