{"id":30844,"date":"2020-10-28T13:53:48","date_gmt":"2020-10-28T11:53:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=30844"},"modified":"2025-08-28T00:15:29","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T21:15:29","slug":"consensys-to-participate-in-cbdc-testing-with-societe-generale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/consensys-to-participate-in-cbdc-testing-with-societe-generale\/","title":{"rendered":"ConsenSys to participate in CBDC testing with Societe Generale"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\">The Ethereum ecosystem solutions developer ConsenSys announced a partnership with the technology arm of the French banking giant Societe Generale to test central bank digital currencies (CBDCs).<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\">According to the press release, ConsenSys will provide technology and expert support to the bank&#8217;s unit called Forge. It <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/bank-of-france-selects-tezos-for-cbdc-experiments\">is involved<\/a> in France&#8217;s CBDC experiments.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\">Earlier, Forge <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/ledger-vault-to-participate-in-frances-national-digital-currency-project\">selected<\/a> the Ledger Vault platform to test the CBDC security protocol.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"wp-embedded-content\\\" data-secret=\\\"tM6t2KxkSy\\\">\n<p>What is central bank digital currency (CBDC)?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\\\"lazy\\\" class=\\\"wp-embedded-content\\\" sandbox=\\\"allow-scripts\\\" security=\\\"restricted\\\" style=\\\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\\\" title=\\\"\u201cWhat is central bank digital currency (CBDC)?\u201d \u2014 ForkLog\\\" src=\\\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/cryptorium\/chto-takoe-tsifrovaya-valyuta-tsentrobankov-cbdc\/embed#?secret=tIBy2EH5ZP#?secret=tM6t2KxkSy\\\" data-secret=\\\"tM6t2KxkSy\\\" width=\\\"500\\\" height=\\\"282\\\" frameborder=\\\"0\\\" marginwidth=\\\"0\\\" marginheight=\\\"0\\\" scrolling=\\\"no\\\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\">ConsenSys also <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/hong-kong-and-thailand-select-consensys-as-partner-for-cbdc-development\">became a partner<\/a> of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority and the Bank of Thailand in the second phase of their joint CBDC development project.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\">For insight into why central banks need their own digital currencies, read ForkLog&#8217;s exclusive.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"wp-embedded-content\\\" data-secret=\\\"zMNzoAPpsK\\\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/how-and-why-central-banks-create-digital-currencies-cbdcs\">How and why central banks create central bank digital currencies (CBDCs)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\\\"lazy\\\" class=\\\"wp-embedded-content\\\" sandbox=\\\"allow-scripts\\\" security=\\\"restricted\\\" style=\\\"position: absolute; 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