Politico is reporting that a group of House conservatives are trying to tie a vote on Rep. Tom Emmer’s (R-MN) central bank digital currency bill to a deal on broader cryptocurrency legislation.

The US lawmaker’s bill comes just weeks after Rep. Tom Emmer reintroduced an identical bill in the lower chamber of Congress. US Senator Ted Cruz introduced a bill on March 26 to prohibit the Federal ...

The House of Representatives has officially passed the CBDC Anti-Surveillance State Act, a sweeping bill designed to block the Federal Reserve from issuing or testing a central bank digital currency ...

On the surface, Republicans in Congress appear universally opposed to central bank digital currencies. However, efforts to ban CBDCs have stalled. The GOP leadership has passed over several ...

A group of Republicans has called foul after the US House passed a massive defense spending bill on Wednesday that omitted a ban on central bank digital currencies despite promises it would be ...

More central banks than ever before are exploring a central bank digital currency (CBDC), according to a Bank for International Settlements (BIS) survey published Friday. Among the 86 banks that ...

Noelle Acheson pulls the bill that would ban the Federal Reserve from issuing a central bank digital currency into the spotlight and argues that it's overreaching, unnecessary and distracts attention ...

The Bahamas was one of the first countries in the world to launch a central bank digital currency — the Sand Dollar in 2020 — and is now looking for ways to boost its adoption. The Bahamas is ...