Digital currency
BIS and French and Swiss central banks announce joint CBDC project
Project Jura will link national CBDC initiatives in bid to facilitate cross-border payment
El Salvador to make bitcoin legal tender
President claims the move, a first for any country, will aid remittances and financial inclusion
BoE says stablecoins must be as trustworthy as commercial bank money
Stablecoins may require tailored regulation and access to emergency liquidity facilities, paper says
Thailand’s central bank picks G+D for retail CBDC project
BoT will use Filia platform for proof-of-concept
IMF warns Marshall Islands on digital projects
Local plans for digital currency and economic zone trigger concern at fund
Chinese CBDC could bolster renminbi internationalisation – Hui Feng
Academic believes digital currency efforts could facilitate renminbi’s international acceptance and ‘popularity’
Diem says it will ‘fade out’ stablecoin if Fed issues CBDC
Chief economist of Facebook-backed firm says public sector has “comparative advantage”
Bank of Korea to start CBDC trial in August
Central bank opts for two-tier model for retail digital currency
Sarb conducting feasibility study for retail CBDC
Central bank to investigate issuance of a “general-purpose” complement to cash
Benoît Cœuré on CBDCs, stablecoins and central bank fintech co-operation
BIS Innovation Hub chief speaks about fintech risks for supervisors and monetary policy-makers, and hub development plans
US may not need CBDC – Boston Fed chief
Rosengren says improved payments systems may provide many CBDC uses
Bahrain launches new cross-border payment pilot
Central banks plans to scale up system to handle CBDC transactions
Kazakhstan’s central bank announces CBDC pilot
Central bank says it will issue token-based prototype to lenders
Georgia’s central bank launches CBDC project
Central bank says private sector involvement will be “crucial”
Central banks take less than 50 minutes to fix critical outages
Time tolerances for critical system downtime range from one to 32 hours
Riksbank prepares for second phase of e-krona pilot
Next phase will explore whether blockchain can handle scaled-up retail payments
Payment innovation is top fintech research priority for central banks
CBDC ranked second as central banks explore wider implications of fintech for payments
Richmond Fed: is US ready for digital dollar?
Brief argues there are questions to answer before embarking on CBDC
Central banks considering interlinked CBDC options
Agustín Carstens presents results of cross-border CBDC survey
Bank of Jamaica announces prototype CBDC partner
Irish firm eCurrency Mint will provide technology that connects with central bank’s RTGS system
A bellwether moment for CBDC plans
Launch of ‘sand dollar’ may herald a new era of CBDCs as Fed and ECB step up their preparations
Nine in 10 central banks are working on CBDCs
Very few central banks have progressed past the research phase, but those that do are working on general purpose variants
IMF cautions Marshall Islands on digital currency plans
Institutional framework to accommodate the sov is not ready, fund says
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