Bahamas launches Sand Dollar, the world’s first official CBDC
The Central Bank of the Bahamas has developed the Sand Dollar to be transferrable via mobile phones, making it easy to use for the residents.
The Central Bank of the Bahamas has developed the Sand Dollar to be transferrable via mobile phones, making it easy to use for the residents.
Officials at the Central Bank of the Bahamas are looking at integrating the Sand Dollar into the global financial system.
The Bahamas, a country of 400,000 people, has been pilot testing its digital currency—the Sand Dollar—since December 2019.
There was $48,000 worth of its central bank digital currency, the Sand Dollar, in circulation, according to the Bahamas central bank.
Bahamas started developing the Sand Dollar after the 2019 hurricane, seeking to "full-proof" its financial system against such destruction in the future.
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Sand Dollar is an initiative to tokenize the Central Bank Digital Currency (CBOB)’s digital fiat currency as a central bank digital currency.
The bank is preparing to enter into a deal for the development of the new currency system as part of a scheme dubbed “Project Sand Dollar.”
The Securities Commission of the Bahamas (SCB) has filed a draft of the new bill that will regulate token offerings.