
Central Bank Digital Currency
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16 July, 2022
Russia’s central bank opposes ‘overly risky’ private stablecoins
The Bank of Russia says that stablecoins are risky because the underlying pool of assets doesn’t belong to the user,...
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16 July, 2022
BIS: CBDCs could solve cross border friction, but interoperability still major challenge
BIS and IMF say that using CBDCs could solve many challenges with cross-border movement of funds, but question whether central...
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13 July, 2022
Cambodia rolls out unified QR code support for Bakong payment system
The feature allows merchants to accept mobile payments from any payment service provider using a QR code supported by the...
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5 July, 2022
Taiwan’s central bank outlines conditions for second stage of CBDC development
As revealed by Chin-long, the central bank is exploring how to scale the system's operational performance and the feasibility of...
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1 July, 2022
Iran to launch a pilot version of its CBDC towards end of August
Central Bank of Iran governor stated that its crypto rial will be different from current digital currencies and has been...
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30 June, 2022
Russia exploring CBDC for settlements of real estate deals
Testing state-backed digital currency for real estate settlements is already ongoing, along with testing for use in making regular payments...