After Pix and Open Finance, the central bank of Brazil is closing in on the launch of Drex, its central bank digital currency.
The ECB announced the results of their two year digital euro investigation. Many questions still stand. They have decided to move forward.
This week Isabelle sat down with Jonas Gross from the Digital Euro Association to talk about Europe's development of a CBDC.
With an SEC lawsuit clouding the coverage of Ripple, their cross-border disruption seemed subdued. The company then launched a CBDC platform.
Latam regulators show growing interest in the technology that powers cryptocurrencies. Brazil is to begin pilot tests for its CBDC this month.
Finance minister and frontrunner in Argentina presidential elections announced the digital Peso project, against crypto critics.
The IMF said Brazil's Digital Real could reap the benefits of blockchain technology and compete with privately-issued stablecoins.
Although some of the prototype design challenges could limit usage, exploration of the CBDC shows positive steps.
Gov. DeSantis has said that Florida won't accept a CBDC, due to privacy and surveillance concerns. Stonewalling could be part of the problem.
The issue of privacy remains fundamental in CBDC design. The AEI published a vision for a financial system with the coin as its cornerstone.