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SWIFT Explores the Benefits of a Global CBDC Network

The Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT) conducted an 8-month trial on different technologies and central bank digital currencies (CBDCs). It determined that such monetary products could take part in the global financial ecosystem and assist cross-border payments. The CBDC Experiment Earlier this year, SWIFT launched a program whose purpose was to link different CBDCs systems and thus ease the difficulty in cross-border settlements. Back then,...

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BIS Proclaims Success in Multi-CBDC Cross-Border Payment Pilot Project

The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) on Tuesday announced that a multi-jurisdiction CBDC pilot spearheaded by BIS Innovation Hub has been successful. The project saw 164 transactions worth nearly $22 million in real-value cross-border payments through a purpose-built multi-CBDC platform – mBridge.   Apart from the central banks of Hong Kong, China, Thailand, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), 20 commercial banks also participated in the project, which lasted a little...

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Philippine Central Bank Thinks Stablecoins Could ‘Revolutionize’ the Payment System

Mhel Plabasan – a top executive at Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (the central bank of the Philippines), said the institution is highly in favor of stablecoins as they can aid the monetary system and ensure “affordable and faster” cross-border transactions. The organization also plans to launch a pilot version of its CBDC by the end of 2022. On that note, it is worth noting that the central banks of Israel, Norway, and Sweden collaborated with the Bank for International...

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Crypto Regulation Remains an Urgent Policy, Despite Bear Market: ECB’s Villeroy

Francois Villeroy de Galhau – a member of the European Central Bank and Governor of Banque de France – thinks the diminishing interest in cryptocurrencies due to the market crash does not mean authorities should abandon plans to regulate the industry. Last year, he argued that imposing rules on the digital asset sector is essential for Europe as otherwise, the euro might lose some of its strength. It’s Time for Regulations In a recent appearance, Francois Villeroy de Galhau...

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Fed Chairman Confirms That A U.S. CBDC Would “Not Be Anonymous”

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said that a central bank digital currency (CBDC) in the U.S. would “not be anonymous” during an event hosted by the Bank of France on Tuesday.  He described the key properties that would underpin a CBDC if implemented – one of which includes being “identity verified.” Private, But Not Anonymous The chairman’s comments were in response to an audience question about the anonymity of many cryptocurrencies, and whether CBDCs would mimic this...

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Australien veröffentlicht Whitepaper für CBDC

Im Hintergrund basteln die Zentralbanken aller größeren Länder an einer Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC). Doch in Australien ist man offenbar besonders weit. Hier ist in Partnerschaft mit einem Forschungszentrum für Finanzen nun ein Whitepaper des ersten CBDC veröffentlicht worden. Crypto News: Australien veröffentlicht Whitepaper für CBDCDer aktuelle Name des australischen CBDC ist „eAUD“. Der eAUD ist an den Australischen Dollar gekoppelt.Das Whitepaper spricht aber auch zunächst von...

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