World Economic Forum - Digital Pound Foundation

Modernizing Financial Markets with Wholesale Central Bank Digital Currency (wCBDC)

Achieving secure and efficient modernisation of wholesale financial markets will require close collaboration between the public and private sectors. As such, the World Economic Forum, in collaboration with Accenture, have published a new report exploring practical insights for policymakers and the private sector as they plan for the potential adoption of wCBDCs. Nearly all central […]

Digital Assets, Distributed Ledger Technology and the Future of Capital Markets

About the Foundation

Whilst most CBDC experiments have involved private sector technology providers, the overwhelming majority of these experiments, to date, have not involved participation from other private sector actors. The Digital Pound Foundation is unique in proposing a model whereby the public and private sectors can fully engage in the design, development and adoption of a digital Pound, thus contributing to its successful roll-out and helping drive forward the UK’s transition to a digital economy.

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