digital currency

A representation of the virtual cryptocurrency Bitcoin is seen in this picture illustration taken October 19, 2021. Photo :Reuters
South Asia

India cenbank may launch digital currency pilot next year-report

Central bank digital currencies, or (CBDCs) are digital or virtual currencies are basically the digital version of fiat currencies, for India that would be its domestic currency rupee

A view shows Nigeria's Central Bank headquarters in Abuja, Nigeria November 22, 2020. Picture taken November 22, 2020. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde/File Photo
Africa

Nigeria to launch digital currency on Monday, central bank says

A representation of the virtual cryptocurrency Bitcoin is seen in this picture illustration taken June 14, 2021. Photo :Reuters
Global Economy

G7 finance officials endorse principles for central bank digital currencies

Representations of cryptocurrencies Bitcoin, Ethereum, DogeCoin, Ripple, Litecoin are placed on PC motherboard in this illustration taken June 29, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
Global Economy

El Salvador leads the world into cryptocurrency: Bitcoin legal tender

A view of the Monetary Authority of Singapore's headquarters in Singapore June 28, 2017. REUTERS/Darren Whiteside
Global Economy

Australia, Malaysia, Singapore and South Africa launch cenbank digital currency scheme

Which sector is more innovative, private or public? Photo: Bloomberg
Panorama

The crypto revolution will not be public

A representation of virtual currency Ethereum are seen in front of a stock graph in this illustration taken February 19, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
Global Economy

Ethereum extends gains to fresh record above $3,400

A logo of the electronic payment service Alipay that belongs to Ant Group Co Ltd is seen at a vending machine in Beijing, China December 30, 2020. REUTERS/Thomas Peter
Analysis

China digital currency trials show threat to Alipay, WeChat duopoly

A security guard walks past in front of the Bank of Japan headquarters in Tokyo, Japan January 23, 2019/ Reuters
Global Economy

Japan's central bank kicks off experiments on issuing digital currency

FILE PHOTO: SpaceX founder and chief engineer Elon Musk speaks at a post-launch news conference to discuss the SpaceX Crew Dragon astronaut capsule in-flight abort test at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, US January 19, 2020. REUTERS/Joe Skipper/File Photo
Global Economy

Tesla's Musk has new title, 'Technoking', unveils NFT-themed song

Cryptocurrency. Photo: NDTV
Global Economy

India to propose cryptocurrency ban, penalising miners, traders: source

Former UK Treasury Minister Jim O’Neill. Illustration: TBS
Thoughts

The bitcoin lottery

Photographer: Yan Cong/Bloomberg
Global Economy

China’s plan for digital yuan imperils bitcoin’s biggest markets