CBDC standards needed for wide-spread adoption
Joint statement from UK Financial Regulation Authorities on Sanctions and the Cryptoasset Sector
ECB President Christine Lagarde Supports Acceleration of Digital Euro Work
Three Insights on CBDC Solutions from Global Researchers
What is SWIFT? What does ejecting Russia achieve? Can Russia evade sanctions through Bitcoin and other cryptocurrency assets?
Co-authored by Jannah Patchay, Jim Ford, Phil Kenworthy, and Jonathan Marriott Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the US, EU and UK have quickly moved to implement sanctions against Russian financial institutions, companies and individual oligarchs. After much discussion and negotiation, it was also announced that Russian banks would be ejected from the SWIFT network. Opinion […]
CBDC networks could defang sanction threats
Digital Money: Global markets and the coming revolution in cross-border settlement
On 24 February, the Digital Pound Foundation hosted a webinar entitled ‘Global markets and the coming revolution in cross-border settlement’. The session discussed how new forms of digital money, including central bank digital currency, are opening up possibilities for wholesale cross-border transaction settlement. These new forms of money have the potential to revolutionise the FX […]
Central Bank Digital Currencies: A Global Capital Markets Perspective
Digital Pound Foundation announces partnership with CryptoUK, fostering stronger ecosystem for new forms of digital money in the UK
The Digital Pound Foundation (DPF) today announces a new strategic partnership with CryptoUK as part of its plans to foster a stronger ecosystem for new forms of digital money in the UK. Incorporated in June 2021 and formally launched in October 2021, the DPF is an independent, non-profit organisation which works with a variety of […]
Digital ruble: start of testing
