The ECB advances a digital euro with efficiency, sovereignty, trust and inclusion goals as global CBDCs show slow adoption.

Central bankers in the European Union are making the case that US dollar-backed stablecoins could be a threat to their ...

After decades of increasing global economic integration, the world is facing a growing risk of geoeconomic fragmentation, with potentially far-reaching implications for the global economy and the ...

The European Central Bank (ECB) has recently announced significant steps in its pursuit of financial innovation and monetary policy refinement, as outlined in key updates from June and July 2025.

Over history, the world has adopted the currency of the leading country for global payments. The USD is, arguably, the first global currency untethered from precious metals. Despite external ...

The Green Party is issuing a cautionary statement regarding a proposal ostensibly to finance a just and sustainable transition. Three authors have proposed a financing scheme for a Green International ...

Representatives of Banque de France, the French central bank, have embraced the global perspective on the central bank digital currency (CBDC) discussion, touting it as the foundation of a new ...

Dollar dominance—the outsized role of the US dollar in the world economy—has been brought into focus recently as the robustness of the US economy, tighter monetary policy and heightened geopolitical ...

The European Central Bank will launch a blockchain settlement pilot by late 2026 under its new Pontes initiative, aiming to connect DLT platforms with the eurozone’s core payment systems. Update (July ...

Central bank currency swaps have emerged as a de facto key feature of the international monetary system, with the US Federal Reserve having extensive recourse to them during the financial crisis, and ...