IMF working on global central bank digital currency platform
By Ahmed Eljechtimi RABAT (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is working on a platform for central bank digital currencies (CDBCs) to enable transactions between countries, IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said on Monday. "CBDCs should not be fragmented national propositions…
Central bank test lab to trial ‘stablecoin’ monitoring system
Representations of cryptocurrencies Bitcoin, Ethereum and DogeCoin are placed on PC motherboard in this illustration taken, June 29, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/File Photo By Marc Jones LONDON (Reuters) - A global central bank test lab run out of London is designing a 'stablecoin'
Hackers hit websites of Danish central bank, other banks
Denmark's Central bank sign is seen on a bank's headquarters in Copenhagen, Denmark October 22, 2019. REUTERS/Nikolaj Skydsgaard By Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen and Nikolaj Skydsgaard COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Hackers have disrupted access to the websites of Denmark's central bank and seven private banks
SWIFT sets out blueprint for central bank digital currency network
By Marc Jones LONDON (Reuters) -SWIFT Central Bank: Financial messaging system SWIFT has laid out its blueprint for a global central bank digital currency (CBDC) network following an 8-month experiment on different technologies and currencies. The trial, which for the last month