Kazakhstan to Press On With CBDC Development Until 2025
Source: Coindesk Kazakhstan will continue looking into a central bank digital currency (CBDC) until 2025 at least, the central bank said in a report published Thursday. In December 2021, the country said it was piloting a CBDC on R3’s Corda platform and would make a decision on whether to introduce one by the end of this year. In October, Binance CEO […]
It’s official: The United States is developing a bank-to-bank digital currency
Source: Atlantic Council While the world was busy watching the collapse of crypto exchange FTX, the US Federal Reserve system made an important move. Speaking at the Singapore FinTech Festival on November 4, a senior official from the New York Federal Reserve surprised many in the audience by announcing that for the past several months, the New […]
Australia’s CBDC partner sees advanced economies issuing wholesale CBDCs first
Source: Ledger Insights Digital Finance CRC (DFCRC), the research organization working with the Reserve bank of Australia on a central bank digital currency (CBDC) pilot, published a report on the state of CBDC globally. For advanced economies, it believes that wholesale CBDCs are likely to be issued before retail ones. And it raised a few areas where […]
Stablecoins: Policy and Regulatory Challenges | Poundcast Episode 4
In this episode, our host Jannah Patchay, policy lead and one of the originating members of the Digital Pound Foundation, interviews Teana Baker-Taylor, Vice President, Policy & Regulatory Strategy for UK/EU at Circle, on stablecoins and the policy and regulatory challenges they present, as well as how they relate to Central Bank Digital Currencies. How […]
Bank of Canada plans 2023 CBDC consultation as it moves to development
Source: Ledger Insights Bank of Canada Governor Tiff Macklem spoke yesterday about a potential Canadian central bank digital currency (CBDC). Next year the bank plans to consult the public on a potential CBDC. Particularly they want to find out what the public’s expectations of a digital currency and what features would be important to them. As […]
Bank of England opens applications for ‘proof of concept’ CBDC wallet
Source: Cointelegraph The Bank of England (BOE) is seeking a “proof of concept” for a wallet that will be able to hold a central bank digital currency (CBDC). On Dec. 9, the BOE posted a request for applications on the United Kingdom government’s Digital Marketplace, a service where government organizations can solicit work for digital projects. Simple […]
Spain’s Central Bank Opens Call for Proposals for a Wholesale CBDC Project
Source: Coindesk The Bank of Spain plans to start a wholesale central bank digital currency (CBDC) project and on Monday opened a call for proposals from financial institutions and technology solution providers. The program seeks to simulate the funds movement operations of a wholesale CBDC, the bank said in an official statement, adding that it also […]
Central bank plans to make CBDC ‘only legal digital tender’ in Indonesia, says gov
Source: Cointelegraph Bank of Indonesia Governor Perry Warjiyo has announced developments in its plans to launch a central bank digital currency, or CBDC, for “various digital economic and financial transactions.” In a Dec. 5 speech at the central bank’s annual meeting, Warjiyo said the bank planned to release details on the conceptual design of a digital rupiah […]
Pakistan launches new laws to expedite CBDC launch by 2025
Source: Cointelegraph Regulators worldwide see central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) as a way to enhance fiat capabilities by inheriting the financial prowess of technologies that power cryptocurrencies. Pakistan joined this list by announcing new regulations to ensure the launch of an in-house CBDC by 2025. The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) signed in new laws for Electronic […]
US Lawmakers Say Any Digital Dollar Must Be Open, Permissionless, and Private
Source: Bitcoin.com Nine U.S. lawmakers have raised concerns regarding the U.S. central bank digital currency project led by the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston. The lawmakers stressed: “Any U.S. CBDC must be open, permissionless, and private.” Congressmen Say Any US CBDC Must Be Open, Permissionless, and Private U.S. Congressman Tom Emmer (R-MN) announced Thursday that […]
