At his school, Ortiz was the lead robot software programmer on its robotics team, taught other students the basics of software coding and “led efforts to teach computer science,” according to ...

Digital currency is any currency that’s available exclusively in electronic form, and it has the potential to completely change how society thinks about money.

The use of central bank backed digital currencies is set to explode over the next seven years as governments drive adoption to increase financial inclusion ...

Australia's central bank said on Thursday it was taking another major step toward a wholesale central bank digital currency ...

Digital currency is trending, and countries around the world have unveiled bold plans for centralized electronic banks. But the alternatives won’t make physical cash go extinct, at least in the US.

The nature of central bank digital currencies may mean that privacy in transactions may be impossible to maintain.

MIT and Boston Fed ran computer models for a potential central bank digital currency system and published a white paper on their findings.

It’s possible to get very good privacy for digital payments, says Ari Juels, a cryptographer at Cornell University who has studied digital currency designs for central banks.

In a world shaped by code and driven by data, a degree in computer science opens doors to groundbreaking careers and global ...

The Federal Reserve released a highly anticipated report on central bank digital currencies that suggested it is leaning toward having banks and other financial firms, rather than the Fed itself ...

Three months after a team of international law enforcement officials raided the digital currency firm Liberty Reserve, cyber experts say criminals are increasingly turning to another online ...