President Donald Trump just held a pricey dinner for top owners of a cryptocurrency that bears his name. Meanwhile, lawmakers are working behind the scenes to regulate crypto on Capitol Hill. In other ...

Money is changing at a pace that would have seemed unthinkable even a few years ago. In just the last ten years, credit cards, debit cards and mobile phones have displaced cash, with notes and coins ...

Digital currency is a broad term that encompasses all forms of money in digital format. It simplifies online transactions by eliminating the need for physical cash and can be either centralized (like ...

Throughout history, control over money has been one of the most powerful levers of state authority. Rulers have long understood that whoever issues and manages the currency also commands the economy ...

Circle Internet Group has applied for a national trust bank charter, aiming to create the First National Digital Currency Bank, N.A., according to CNBC. If approved by the Office of the Comptroller of ...

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency gave conditional approval for five national trust bank charter applications, including for Circle Internet Group's (CRCL) First National Digital Currency ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. On January 1, 2026, the People’s Bank of China began paying interest on digital yuan balances held in user wallets. To some, it ...

South Korea's central bank has halted its digital currency pilot program, signaling diminishing enthusiasm for state-led digital currencies. The decision comes as President Lee Jae Myung's drive to ...

After a formal selection process, Georgia will work with Ripple’s CBDC platform to pilot the digital issuance of the lari.

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) has approved five national trust bank charter applications. The approvals are conditional but will allow the entities to operate under federal rules ...