CBDCs ‘costly fiat copy’, not fintech success so far: Ex-Binance exec

The United States’ rejection of a central bank digital currency has not halted the progress of CBDCs globally, but their success has been questionable so far, according to a former Binance executive. Global CBDC projects have not failed, but they have also not become what they were anticipated to be, according to Olga Goncharova, CEO at the consulting firm Rizz Go and former director of government relations in the Commonwealth of Independent States at Binance. “CBDCs were conceived as a technological breakthrough, but so far they look like expensive imitations of existing traditional fiat currencies that citizens and businesses already use through online banking and payment apps,” Goncharova told Cointelegraph at the Blockchain Forum in Moscow. Olga Goncharova during a panel on Web3 geopolitics at the Blockchain Forum 2025 on April 23 source: https://cointelegraph.com/news/cbdc-costly-fiat-copy-not-fintech-success-ex-binance-exec?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound