Russia begins CBDC trials using digital rubles with 13 banks. Pilot assesses functionality, user experience, and wider adoption potential. President Putin’s approval of the...

Brazilian central bank digital currency (CBDC), previously commonly referred to as “digital real”, gets its official brand name. It would be called Drex. On August...

The digital ruble bill was passed by the lower and upper parliaments before the president signed...

The Russian finance ministry has recently presented a proposal to ban the circulation of cryptocurrency within the country. However, exceptions are...

Antony Welfare, Ripple's CBDC adviser, recently participated in a fintech conference in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), where he presented two groundbreaking use cases....

Cryptocurrency may be bad for investors but it can be useful in international settlements, according to a top government official in Moscow. Russian...

Central Bank explores crypto settlements Experiment targets foreign structures New institutions to handle mining In a controversial move, Elvira Nabiullina, Chairman of the...

Russia has postponed the launch of its pilot project with the digital ruble to early May. The decision is to launch the digital ruble...

The Central Bank of Russia has added another entity to its register of authorized issuers of digital financial assets. The platform, called ‘Masterchain,’...

The Central Bank of Russia plans to launch test operations with digital ruble transactions between real customers at the beginning of April. More...

Almost a year ago, Russia invaded Ukraine.Due to the unprovoked aggression by Russia, worldwide condemnation was quickly followed by a call to arms to...

Gazprombank, which is an unit of the main Russian government-owned gas business, Gazprom, has openly recommended that banks be given extra time before the...