# central bank digital currency News

The global financial crisis, the most recent being the 2008 crisis and the humongous bailout packages for top financial institutions and even the entire economies like Greece, definitely raised some eyebrows over central banks’ monopoly on the issuance of currency. With this in mind, the June 2018 edition of International...

Barbados was the first country to release their own digital currency with Ecuador soon following. Ecuador’s digital currency was unique as it was released by their central bank at the beginning of February 2018. Many other countries have pondered this idea and have not taken action to pilot the implementation...