Central bank digital currency (CBDC)

A panel at the World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting in Davos, Switzerland titled "Clear-Eyed About Crypto" agreed the cryptocurrency industry needs further regulatory clarity. The panel also struck an optimistic tone but rejected the appeal of meme coins like Dogecoin (CRYPTO: DOGE). When...

The Bank of Japan (BoJ) will launch a pilot program in April to test its central bank digital currency — the digital yen. According to BoJ Executive Director Shinichi Uchida, the program aims to achieve two goals: "First, to test the technical feasibility... and second, to utilize the...