Bahamas rolls out first phase of CBDC pilot
The Central Bank of the Bahamas has rolled out the first phase of its digital currency pilot, with plans to extend it to a second region in the first half of 2020.
Exuma, a district in the Bahamas, has been chosen as the first location to test the proposed “sand dollar” – the Central Bank of Bahamas’ central bank digital currency (CBDC). In February, the central bank plans to extend the pilot, which will run for a total of six months, to Abaco.
“As the pilot progresses in Exuma, the central
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