CBDC | ForkLog - Part 27

ForkLog 17 25.08.2021

Poll finds only 24% of Britons back rollout of the digital pound

The national digital currency is more likely to harm the United Kingdom than benefit, 30% of Britons think. The opposite view is held by 24%, according to data from a Redfield & Wilton Strategies poll.

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ForkLog 9 23.08.2021

China tests digital yuan in settlements for commodity futures trades

Participants on the commodity exchange in Dalian (DCE) have for the first time used the digital yuan to pay the commission for delivering goods under a futures contract, according to the China Securities Journal.

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ForkLog 9 20.08.2021

Chinese commercial banks open access to the digital yuan for customers

Thirty-five Chinese banks have integrated digital wallets supporting e-CNY into their apps.

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ForkLog 12 16.08.2021

Samsung to test the digital won on its Galaxy smartphones

Samsung Electronics will participate in the Bank of Korea's project to create a pilot platform for the national digital currency (CBDC), The Korea Times reports.

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ForkLog 12 16.08.2021

Ukraine’s digital transformation minister signals salaries paid in digital hryvnia

Employees of Ukraine's Ministry of Digital Transformation could be among the first to receive salaries in the central bank's digital currency, according to Mikhail Fedorov.

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ForkLog 8 13.08.2021

Jamaica conducts pilot launch of national digital currency

The Bank of Jamaica announced the issuance of the first tranche of the central bank digital currency (CBDC) as part of the pilot tests.

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ForkLog 8 13.08.2021

Honor to release first smartphone with digital yuan wallet

The Chinese smartphone brand Honor will release the first smartphone with digital yuan support.

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ForkLog 12 06.08.2021

Venezuela to launch digital bolivar in October

The Central Bank of Venezuela said it would put the digital bolivar into circulation on 1 October 2021.

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ForkLog 13 06.08.2021

Fed governor doubts the advisability of issuing a digital dollar

The U.S. authorities should launch CBDC only in the event of a significant market disruption. This view was expressed by Federal Reserve Board member Chris Waller in an interview with the American Enterprise Institute.

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ForkLog 7 04.08.2021

Beijing authorities have fully integrated the digital yuan into the payment ecosystem as CBDC testing is enhanced.

Beijing authorities have fully integrated the digital yuan into the payment ecosystem as part of improvements to CBDC testing.

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ForkLog 11 02.08.2021

Fed officials say the United States must win the CBDC race

FOMC member Lael Brainard said the United States must accelerate the development of the digital dollar without delay. Reuters reported.

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ForkLog 10 30.07.2021

Zelensky signs law enabling the central bank to issue a digital currency

President Volodymyr Zelensky signed the law 'On Payment Services', allowing the National Bank to issue its own digital currency.

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