Digital currencies, including cryptocurrencies, reduce transaction times and costs by eliminating intermediaries. Investing in cryptocurrencies offers high returns but includes risks like hacking ...

(Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) Trump said a so-called ... to block the Federal Reserve from formally issuing a digital currency. The statements echo a similar claim Trump made in ...

SOPA Images/LightRocket/Getty Images Economists don’t fully agree on what a “central bank digital currency” actually entails, and each country has plenty of leeway in designing its own.

Investopedia / Paige McLaughlin The term digital currency refers to a form of currency that is available only in digital or electronic form. It is also called digital money, electronic money ...

But some social media users are misinterpreting aspects of the directive. A central bank digital currency is "virtual money backed and issued by a central bank," according to the Atlantic Council ...