CBDC | ForkLog - Part 33

ForkLog 6 24.05.2021

Fed: US must play a vital role in setting CBDC standards

The Federal Reserve System (the Fed) is expanding its work on central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), with a focus on financial and geographic integration. Lael Brainard, a member of the Fed's Board of Governors, said this at the Consensus conference.

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ForkLog 9 24.05.2021

South Korea’s central bank begins search for technical partner to launch CBDC

The Bank of Korea began selecting a technical partner to launch the national digital currency (CBDC).

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ForkLog 13 21.05.2021

Fed to publish document on potential CBDC issuance

In the summer of 2021, the U.S. Federal Reserve will publish a discussion paper that will supplement the previously initiated study on the advisability of issuing a digital dollar.

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ForkLog 6 19.05.2021

Medvedev: Greater trust in government digital currencies than in crypto assets

Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev is convinced that trust in state digital currencies will be much higher than in private ones.

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ForkLog 6 18.05.2021

Fitch: CBDCs will strengthen oversight of the payments sector

CBDCs will bring benefits but could disrupt the financial system, according to Fitch's report.

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ForkLog 9 14.05.2021

Bank of England says CBDC launch looks ‘quite likely’.

Britain will have to issue a national digital currency (CBDC) so that public money can endure the expansion of private alternatives. This was stated by Jon Cunliffe, Deputy Governor of the Bank of England.

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ForkLog 13 13.05.2021

Hong Kong and China to expand testing of the digital yuan in cross-border payments

Hong Kong authorities are in talks with China to expand testing of the digital yuan (e-CNY) in cross-border transactions.

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ForkLog 10 12.05.2021

Kazakhstan Sets Timeline for Pilot Launch of Digital Tenge

The National Bank of Kazakhstan plans to launch a pilot project to introduce its own digital currency in the second half of 2021. This was announced by the head of the National Bank, Yerbolat Dosaev.

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ForkLog 11 12.05.2021

Bank of Israel revisits idea of issuing a digital shekel

The Bank of Israel presented a working paper outlining the model and the benefits of the digital shekel for subsequent public consultations.

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ForkLog 10 10.05.2021

AliPay users to test the digital yuan

The MyBank online bank will allow some clients to conduct operations with the digital yuan (DCEP) in the Alipay app, according to the China Securities Journal.

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ForkLog 7 06.05.2021

Georgia to study the possibility of issuing a national digital currency

The National Bank of Georgia will consider issuing a digital lari.

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ForkLog 9 05.05.2021

Bahamas to link CBDC wallets to banking infrastructure

By the summer of 2021 the Bahamas will connect mobile wallets for the Sand Dollar to the systems of commercial banks.

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