Standard Chartered Bank (China) has become one of the first foreign banks to participate in China’s central bank digital currency (CBDC) pilot. The bank explained
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Singapore Unveils Plan to Ensure Seamless Financial Transactions Across Digital Asset Networks
The Monetary Authority of Singapore’s managing director has outlined the central bank’s plan to ensure seamless financial transactions across digital asset networks. “Currently, there is
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Digital Euro Enters ‘Preparation Phase’ — ECB Says ‘Digital Euro Would Make Data Protection a Priority’
The European Central Bank (ECB) has decided to move its digital euro project to the next phase after two years of investigation. The “preparation phase”
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India’s Central Bank RBI Launches CBDC Pilot in Call Money Market
India’s central bank, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), has initiated a pilot for a second use case of its wholesale central bank digital currency
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Mastercard Demonstrates New Solution for CBDC Tokenization
Mastercard says its new solution that enables central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) to be tokenized or wrapped onto different blockchains provides consumers with “a new
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Bank of Ghana Launches Hackathon to Explore Various Use Cases of CBDC
The Ghanaian central bank said it will be hosting a 12-week hackathon where participants are expected to explore the e-cedi’s nine different use cases. At
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