CBDC

Economy

Mint Explainer: Why the RBI is wary of stablecoins—Crypto’s measured wing

RBI deputy governor T. Rabi Sankar, speaking at Mint’s Annual BFSI Conclave 2025, has flagged risks associated particularly with stablecoins. Here's why?

6 min read14 Dec 2025
Industry

No rush for e-rupee mass rollout, focus is on new use cases: RBI's Sankar

Estimating the total number of CBDC users at around 7 million, RBI's deputy governor T. Rabi Sankar says the central bank is in ‘no hurry’ to project a target for the number of users or open up the pilots for mass use.

3 min read7 Oct 2025
Opinion

Digital currencies are evolving—but not the way crypto revolutionaries had in mind

Money seems poised for a digital revolution, but don’t be fooled by what crypto revolutionaries are saying. From stablecoins to CBDCs, digital currencies are evolving within state control. Money is too important for states to let go of—how it evolves will be shaped by geopolitics, not tech whizkids.

5 min read5 Oct 2025
Opinion

China’s Yuan takes on the US dollar: What is India’s best bet?

As China attempts to globalize its legal tender, America guards the supremacy of its own and digital currencies gain traction, India should revive Keynes’ idea of a global trade currency. We must also differentiate the e-rupee from the e-yuan.

3 min read15 Sep 2025