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HKMA invites CBDC business plans from private sector

Banks and tech companies may be invited to work with the central bank on future CBDC research

Aug 11, 2022centralbanking
Iran makes $10M import with crypto, plans ‘widespread’ use by end of Sept

Prolonged economic sanctions against the Islamic state have forced Iran to start using crypto as a medium of exchange for international trade deals.

Aug 10, 2022cointelegraph
Australian central bank launches CBDC research project

RBA says it will look into different use cases of digital currency

Aug 9, 2022centralbanking
The Reserve Bank of Australia to explore use cases for CBDC

The pilot project will last a year, and the details for potential participants will be published in the next few months.

Aug 9, 2022cointelegraph
Central banks weighing up CBDC offline alternatives

Institutions are testing ways of allowing digital payments without the internet

Aug 9, 2022centralbanking
Reserve Bank of Australia Rolls Out CBDC Pilot Project

The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has launched a year-long trial to explore a central bank digital currency's (CBDC) business models and innovative use cases.

Aug 9, 2022blockchainnews
Bank of Thailand to launch retail CBDC pilot

BoT says it does not have plans to issue a retail CBDC yet

Aug 8, 2022centralbanking
CBDC launch still on the table, BoJ says

Senior official dismisses media reports on cancellation of CBDC plans

Aug 8, 2022centralbankingDigital yen
Bank of Thailand to Start Retail Test for its Retail CBDC

The Central Bank of Thailand also known as the Bank of Thailand (BOT) plans to begin a pilot study of Retail central bank digital currency (CBDC)

Aug 6, 2022blockchainnewsThailand CBDC
The Bank of Thailand to pilot Retail CBDC by the end of 2022

The Retail CBDC will be tested in a limited retail environment with 10,000 participants and three major banks.

Aug 5, 2022cointelegraph
CBDCs could hugely improve cross-border payments – ECB’s Bindseil

“Holy grail” of secure, instant universal payments could be a reality in next 10 years, authors say

Aug 4, 2022centralbanking
UK parliamentary group calls for submissions in new crypto asset inquiry

The U.K.’s Crypto and Digital Assets All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) announced it will launch an inquiry into the crypto and digital asset industry.

Aug 4, 2022cointelegraph
Chinese municipal bank issues first-ever digital yuan loan using intellectual property as collateral

The unnamed recipient of the loan said the e-CNY transaction was fast and efficient; they received an equivalent of 500,000 CNY, which was $74,020 at the time of publication.

Aug 3, 2022cointelegraphe-CNY
European Central Bank bets on CBDCs over BTC for cross-border payments

ECB’s interest in identifying the best cross-border payment solution stems from the fact that it serves as the central bank of the 19 European Union countries which have adopted the euro.

Aug 2, 2022cointelegraph