Cryptocurrency is a class of digital assets, including Bitcoin and Ethereum, that runs without the need for a central authority.

Digital currency is any currency that’s available exclusively in electronic form, and it has the potential to completely change how society thinks about money.

Digital currency has the potential to completely change how society thinks about money. The rise of Bitcoin, Ethereum and thousands of other cryptocurrencies that exist only in electronic form has ...

Central bank digital currency (CBDC) aims to take the benefits from blockchain-based digital currency and combine it with fiat currency under the control of the central bank.

For central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) to accomplish their intended objectives, it is necessary for both consumers to use them and for merchants to accept them. This paper develops a dynamic ...

The digital yuan or e-CNY is a digital form of China’s national currency. While investors can't trade it directly it's an important development for mobile payment providers. Learn more.

THE BUZZ around the e-CNY, China’s central-bank digital currency, has been loud. The country’s policymakers have been credited with leading a revolution in state-backed digital money starting ...

The rise of China's digital RMB and other digital currencies may mean the end of the dollar as the default currency for developed nations.

It’s possible to get very good privacy for digital payments, says Ari Juels, a cryptographer at Cornell University who has studied digital currency designs for central banks.

Digital currency has the potential to completely change how society thinks about money. The rise of Bitcoin, Ethereum and thousands of other cryptocurrencies that exist only in electronic form has ...

If you are trying to grasp Bitcoin and understand what China’s digital yuan means, America’s Federal Reserve is right there with you.