To grasp what happened, one must first understand how bitcoins are created.

There are thousands of crypto coins, from bitcoin and Ethereum to litecoin and solana. Just the sheer number of available ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. On January 1, 2026, the People’s Bank of China began paying interest on digital yuan balances held in user wallets. To some, it ...

LONDON, Jan 16 (Reuters) - Transactions on a new China-led ‌digital currency platform have surged to over $55 ‌billion, a new report shows, the latest sign that efforts to build alternatives to dollar ...

A new study, conducted under the supervision of the University of Vaasa in Finland and the University of Turin in Italy, offers fresh insight into how energy use and market stability intersect in the ...

While artificial intelligence (AI) may solve certain sustainability issues in the future, the technology’s environmental footprint is already a topic of much discussion today. To help society bridge ...

The People's Bank of China (PBOC) will launch a new digital yuan framework on Jan. 1, letting commercial banks pay interest on holdings in a move to incentivize broader adoption of the central bank ...

China is about to start paying interest on its official digital currency in a fresh push to get more people to use it after about a decade of development and testing. From Jan. 1, commercial banks ...

The Council of the European Union, an EU body that amends legislation and commits national governments to adopting the bloc's laws, said it backs the European Central Bank’s plan to explore an ...

The Council today agreed its negotiating position on key proposals to strengthen the euro currency by enabling the introduction of a digital euro and by better clarifying the legal tender status of ...

Gelephu Mindfulness City (GMC) will officially launch TER, the world’s first sovereign-backed, physical gold-backed digital token, on December 17, the 118th National Day of Bhutan. backing Wangdue the ...