China’s Digital Currency Could Help Counter Libra’s Effect in the Country

For around five years, the People’s Bank of China (PBoC) has been working on a digital coin. The central bank’s fiat reserve will back the Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC), and its value pegged to the Yuan value.  Although the government of China announced its plans to develop the digital yuan in 2014, Facebook’s announcement of the launch of Libra was the propelling factor. The central bank says that the digital coin is near completion but hasn’t given any prospective…

Deputy Governor of BoJ Says Advanced Economies Don’t Need CBDCs

Recently, the Bank of Japan’s deputy governor claimed that advanced economies do not need central bank digital currencies (CBDCs).  He spoke at the Future of Payments Forum, organized by the Bank for International Settlement. Amamiya said that CBDCs are a tremendous financial system for developing countries, especially the ones with immature payment infrastructures. Nevertheless, he claimed that advanced technologies cannot benefit from virtual currencies. Why Amamiya is Against Digital Currencies Amamiya said that it is unnecessary to implement new steps…