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Cambodia officially launches quasi-CBDC
Cambodia’s blockchain-powered payment system goes live
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Cambodia’s central bank officially launched its blockchain-powered payment system, named Project Bakong, on October 28, becoming the first central bank in Asia to go live with such a system.
The peer-to-peer payment system runs on blockchain but unlikely many CBDC prototypes it does not involve the exchange of central bank-backed tokens. Bakong supports transactions in both Cambodian riel and US dollar.
The quasi-central bank digital currency (CBDC) aims to reduce money transfer costs
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