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John Winchcombe

2 July 2026

5 min read

CBDC News

In an Act about housing supply, the US Senate included a ban on the Federal Reserve issuing or creating a central bank digital currency (CBDC), or any substantially similar distributed ledger technology (DLT) based digital asset, until the end of 2030, including via intermediaries. The bill now goes back to the House of Representatives.

CBDC

John Winchcombe

2 July 2026

2 min read

Japan’s Plans for Digital Currency

Ryozo Himino, Deputy Governor of the Bank of Japan, recently spoke about the singleness of money and the role of central banks. In his speech he noted the divergent approaches being taken by the US and Europe (GENIUS Act and the digital euro), stating that they may not serve as a model for Japan to follow given that they are heading in different directions, limiting the room for global consensus standards to emerge. Also, unlike the dollar, the yen is not the world’s key currency and Japan is an individual nation state with its own currency that is not a tool for regional integration.

CBDC

John Winchcombe

28 May 2026

4 min read

CBDC News

18 months after the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) exited the mBridge cross-border project and launched Project Agorá, the fragmentation of cross-border payments has become almost institutionalised.

CBDC

John Winchcombe

23 April 2026

3 min read

CBDC News

Norges Bank has now published four reports that led it to conclude in December 2025 that introducing a CBDC was currently not warranted.

CBDC

John Winchcombe

12 April 2026

5 min read

The Case for Jam-Dex, Now!

A recent article in the Jamaica Observer focuses on Jamaica’s central bank digital currency (CBDC), known as Jam-Dex . Unusually not only does the article argue for increased usage of the CBDC, but it gives detailed suggestions for how to do this.

CBDC

John Winchcombe

12 April 2026

4 min read

Finding a Role for Retail CBDC

John Kiff, who writes as Kiffmeister, has written a series of papers considering the future of retail Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDC). He started by analysing the CBDCTracker.org database to see what has been happening to CBDC over time. His first findings were that projects are not leading to launches. Some projects have been put on the backburner and some cancelled, never getting out of the research or proof-of-concept phases. Many central banks have refocused to wholesale CBDC-backed tokenised deposits.

CBDC

John Winchcombe

27 March 2026

5 min read

CBDC News

The US Senate has voted 89 to 10 to ban the Federal Reserve from issuing CBDCs until after 2030 as part of a bipartisan housing bill. The bill now moves to the House of Representatives.

CBDC

John Winchcombe

27 Feb. 2026

5 min read

CBDC News

The European Union Parliament has approved the digital euro initiative, reaching agreement with the European Council on creating a currency that will function both online and offline.

CBDC

John Winchcombe

27 Feb. 2026

2 min read

Rethinking Central Bank Money

A two part IMF blog by Biagio Bossone and Massimo Costa seeks to reframe how central bank money, banknotes, reserves, and CBDCs are regarded, moving them from being seen as a debt to equity for the issuer and as custodial assets for the holders.

CBDC

John Winchcombe

20 Jan. 2026

5 min read

CBDC News

The Rwanda Bankers’ Association (RBA) has considered lessons to be learnt from the implementations of CBDC in the Bahamas, Jamaica and Nigeria.

CBDC

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John Winchcombe

19 Dec. 2025

5 min read

CBDC News

Norges Bank has assessed whether introducing a CBDC is appropriate to ensure that paying with the Norwegian krone will remain secure, efficient and attractive.

CBDC

John Winchcombe

19 Dec. 2025

2 min read

Real Life Business Cases for the Digital Tenge

The National Bank of Kazakhstan has taken to LinkedIn to report progress on the Digital Tenge and to state that it is open to collaboration on CBDCs, programmable payments and what it refers to as GovTech. The Digital Tenge is already live, and it is providing a working programmable finance system that’s already part of the country’s financial infrastructure.

CBDC

John Winchcombe

25 Nov. 2025

5 min read

CBDC News

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has formed a task force to explore adoption of stablecoins. It is doing this in the context of the eNaira, which is proving unpopular.

CBDC

John Winchcombe

25 Nov. 2025

2 min read

Systemic Resilience and Fragility of the Cash Infrastructure

At the recent Asia Cash Management Association meeting at the Asia Cash Cycle conference in Bali, Scott Forster of the CPT Group presented on the systemic resilience and fragility of the cash infrastructure. For cash to survive, the cash infrastructure must be sustainable and viable.

CBDC

John Winchcombe

30 Oct. 2025

5 min read

CBDC News

The leader of China’s Digital Currency Research Institute has obliquely hinted that the eCNY may evolve to involve fractional banking, becoming a tokenised deposit solution anchored by a wholesale CBDC.

CBDC

John Winchcombe

24 Sept. 2025

5 min read

CBDC News

Reuters reports that China’s State Council is considering allowing the use of yuan- backed stablecoins. Intended to boost adoption of the yuan globally, this would be a change in policy given that China banned cryptocurrency trading and mining in 2021 due to concerns about the stability of the financial system.

CBDC

John Winchcombe

24 Aug. 2025

5 min read

CBDC News

The Central Bank of Brazil wants to deliver a CBDC, the Drex, in 2026.

CBDC

John Winchcombe

24 Aug. 2025

3 min read

A Tale of Two Projects

Central banks are exploring ways to make cross-border wholesale payments faster and cheaper using new technologies such as tokenisation. A recent Financial Times article lays out the options.

CBDC

John Winchcombe

23 July 2025

5 min read

CBDC News

Mastercard’s Chief Product Officer says stablecoins offer promising attributes like high speed and low costs but lack essential attributes like a seamless user experience and wide distribution to consumers.

CBDC

John Winchcombe

30 June 2025

5 min read

Bank of England Governor Questions Need for CBDCs

Speaking in Kyiv at the National Bank of Ukraine, the Governor of the Bank of England (BoE) spoke about the role of central banks in the context of changing market structures and events. His speech throws an interesting light on recent developments in the US and Europe in this area.

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Finding a Role for Retail CBDC

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Rethinking Central Bank Money

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Real Life Business Cases for the Digital Tenge

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Systemic Resilience and Fragility of the Cash Infrastructure

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A Tale of Two Projects

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