
Bank for International Settlements
UAE central bank completes CBDC pilot, eyes international usage for cross-border payments
Apart from improving cross-border payments, CBUAE’s governor noted that the pilot was also targeted at enhancing the local financial sector...
Hong Kong reveals new CBDC design in collaboration with BIS Innovation Hub
Project Aurum highlighted a technological stack to explore the viability of wholesale and retail CBDCs, utilizing two different tokens—intermediated CBDCs...
Sweden central bank partners with Israel, BIS on ‘Project Icebreaker’ CBDC test
Sveriges Riksbank is also partnering with Norway in Project Icebreaker to test the viability of CBDCs in international retail and...
Bank for International Settlement wraps up mBridge cross-border CBDC pilot
A month-long CBDC pilot program involving Hong Kong, Thailand, China, and the United Arab Emirates ends with millions in cross-border...
Bitcoin and CBDC: Co-existence of private money
In the CBDC playbook of nChain, the risks of CBDCs were discussed, especially "loss of privacy," and the BSV blockchain...
Bank for International Settlements, Hong Kong central bank tap distributed ledger tech to raise SME funding
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority and the Bank for International Settlements seek to leverage the benefits of decentralized finance and...