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The Bank of Korea will be looking to use the pilot stage of its CBDC to determine things such as acceptability and ease of use. South Korea, through its apex bank – The Bank of Korea (BOK) – has revealed its plans to begin testing its central bank digital currency (CBDC) in 2024. A local news outlet Korea Times confirmed the report, saying that the testing will begin either by September or October, running for three months. The report also claimed that South Korea will allow 100,000...

The e-HKD program has taken a three-rail approach for the potential implementation of the virtual currency: foundation layer development, industry pilots and iterative enhancements, and full launch. Hong Kong’s central bank digital currency (CBDC) pilot is set to advance to its second phase following the successful completion of phase one. The first phase was largely focused on full-fledged payments, programmable payments, offline payments, tokenized deposits, and the settlement of Web3...

Aside from the commercial bank, the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) will participate in the pilot to provide technical guidance and expertise to users.   South Korea has become the newest country to conduct a pilot program to explore the technical infrastructure necessary for a central bank digital currency (CBDC). On October 4, the Bank of Korea, with some of the country’s financial regulators, the Financial Services Commission (FSC), and the Financial Supervisory Service (FSS),...

BIS continues to warn that crypto data can be “manipulated or distorted”. The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) has unveiled a new platform it calls “Project Atlas”. According to the Wednesday announcement, the decentralized finance data platform will play an important role in the future regulation of crypto market participants. In a joint report with the Dutch and German central banks, BIS confirms that Project Atlas, which is merely a proof-of-concept for now, has been used to...

According to the report, in some countries, central banks are directing their attention toward wholesale CBDCs, which are designed to facilitate the settlement of interbank transfers and other wholesale transactions. Agustin Carstens, the General Manager of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), has urged countries to take immediate action in establishing clear legal frameworks to support the implementation of Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs). The BIS chief made this appeal...

According to BIS research, 93% of central banks across the world are investigating the feasibility of issuing CBDCs. The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) and the Bank of Israel (BOI) have partnered to address the privacy concerns associated with central bank digital currencies (CBDCs). This is according to a joint report titled “Project Sela – An Accessible and Secure Retail CBDC Ecosystem” released by the two central banks and the Bank for International Settlements Innovation Hub...

CoinspeakerBIS Survey Reveals 24 Central Banks Planning to Introduce CBDCs by 2030 According to the survey, progress in the global development of CBDCs has continued since last year, with a particular emphasis on emerging economies where CBDCs are viewed as a means of providing financial access to unbanked individuals. BIS Survey Reveals 24 Central Banks Planning to Introduce CBDCs by 2030

The researchers at Project Meridian identified several benefits of synchronization including reduction of risk, time, and cost invoked in settling a range of transactions. In a joint financial program dubbed Project Meridian, the Bank of England and the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) Innovation Hub London Centre investigated the use of modern technology to advance financial payments through real-time gross settlement (RTGS) systems. The Project Meridian used central bank money...

No doubt the FTX debacle and the arrest of its founder and chief executive Sam Bankman-Fried will go down as some of the biggest problems to ever strike the crypto space, but according to a new report, it appears the damage caused by FTX and its irresponsible (and selfish) employees may have been even greater than what analysts initially thought. The Trouble Surrounding FTX Might Have Done More Damage The document in question suggests that as much as $200 billion was...

Smart people are famous for revaluation of their beliefs, and now the Bank of International Settlements (BIS) is ready to try implementing their own cryptocurrency to stay ahead of the market. The same man who was calling for a “clampdown on Bitcoin”, Agustín Carstens, now says: “We have a responsibility to be at the cutting edge of the debate. There is really no choice but to do so, as otherwise, events will overtake us…” By “events” Carstens presumably means thousands of companies that...