04-20-2025 
Bank of Israel
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14 March, 2025
Iraq eyes CBDC launch; Israel crafts digital shekel design
Iraq announced plans to launch a digital dinar to improve its payments ecosystem; meanwhile, Israel published the design of its...
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24 February, 2025
Round-up of the week’s biggest blockchain news
The blockchain and digital asset space flourishes in the finance sector with new stablecoin projects, tokenized bonds, and developments in...
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2 August, 2024
Israel announces first batch of digital shekel challenge participants
Israel’s central bank announced the digital shekel challenge in May, and it has now picked COTI, Fireblocks, PayPal and 11...
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16 July, 2024
Israel postpones CBDC launch
After successful pilots and collaboration with the Bank of International Settlements, BOI Deputy Governor Andrew Abir said it was waiting...
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6 June, 2024
Israel’s digital shekel challenge targets innovative CBDC applications
The Bank of Israel launched the challenge to explore the feasibility of issuing a digital shekel, inspired by the Bank...
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22 April, 2024
Digital shekel will compete with banks for deposits, payments: Bank of Israel
A digital shekel will force commercial lenders to up their game and offer better and cheaper services, according to the...
