Spain’s central bank, Banco de España, has chosen its collaborators a year after publishing an open call for partners to participate in central bank digital currency (CBDC) tests. On Jan. 3, the central bank published a resolution announcing its partnership with Cecabank, Abanca, and Adhara Blockchain. The pilot of the wholesale CBDC will take place in the…

Dennis M. Kelleher, CEO of nonprofit organization Better Markets, has urged the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to not approve a spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF). He argued that it goes against the core principles of the regulatory body. In a letter addressed to SEC secretary Vanessa Countryman on Jan. 5, Kelleher emphasized that if…