Lira News

The central bank of Turkey (TCMB) has created a Digital Turkish Lira Collaboration platform to expand its research into the potential benefits of launching a digital currency.   According to Reuters, the apex bank made this development known in a statement…

Turkey and Russia continue to inch closer to CBDC ambitions. Turkey Set to Pilot CBDC in 2021 Second Half According to a Coindesk report published on Dec 26, Turkey is poised to begin piloting a previously undisclosed digital currency in…

Turkey’s gold-backed cryptocurrency, BiGA is now fully functional, with several financial institutions in the region, including Albaraka Turk, Kuveyt Turk, and others, already transacting with the digital asset, according to a Finextra report on January 17, 2020. Turkish Banks Integrate…