Bank for International Settlements

BIS privacy-focused CBDC project features 2 eCash prototypes
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8 December, 2023

BIS privacy-focused CBDC project features 2 eCash prototypes

BIS's Project Tourbillon explores privacy-focused CBDCs, delving into eCash designs, security, scalability, and quantum-safe cryptography, addressing global central bank digital...
BIS, World Bank to tokenize promissory notes
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4 December, 2023

BIS, World Bank to tokenize promissory notes

BIS will tokenize promissory notes which still rely on stacks of papers, and while this “isn’t going to revolutionize the...
BIS urges central banks to move fast on CBDC as Visa stablecoin threat looms
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27 November, 2023

BIS urges central banks to move fast on CBDC as Visa stablecoin threat looms

The Bank for International Settlements general manager and the governor of South Korea’s central bank talked about the need for...
Bank for International Settlements questions stablecoins’ money market stability
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22 November, 2023

Bank for International Settlements questions stablecoins’ money market stability

The Bank for International Settlements has compared stablecoins to Eurodollars, saying they lack a central authority to maintain par when...
BIS chief says wholesale CBDCs are coming ‘really soon’
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16 November, 2023

BIS chief says wholesale CBDCs are coming ‘really soon’

Wholesale CBDCs don’t have the many complexities, risks, and complications of retail CBDCs and should launch in a few years,...
Stablecoins are not safe—cash them out now: BIS
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15 November, 2023

Stablecoins are not safe—cash them out now: BIS

The November 8 BIS report detailed that from January 2019 to September 2023, fiat-backed stablecoins only maintained their peg 94%...