CBDCs


Finance

Societe Generale Conducts Blockchain-Based Repo Transaction With French Central Bank

SocGen is claiming bragging rights as the first to conduct an on-chain repo transaction with a European central bank.

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Finance

Cash Is Still King, Consumers Would Prefer to Use Money Over CBDCs: Deutsche Bank

44% of respondents in the bank's survey said they would rather use cash then a central bank digital currency and 57% said they would prefer to use a debit or credit card than a CBDC.

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Finance

UK Finance, Member Banks See Benefits During Experimental Phase of a Tokenization, CBDC Platform

Barclays, Citi UK, HSBC and Natwest participated in the Regulated Liability Network test.

(Camomile Shumba/CoinDesk)

Policy

Swiss National Bank and SDX Delve Deeper Into CBDCs, Tokenized Securities

The next two-year phase of Project Helvetia will see other financial institutions and types of transactions join the party.

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Policy

IMF Says CBDCs Could Boost Middle East's Financial Inclusion, Payment Efficiency

The survey said that the 19 central banks in the region are exploring issuing a CBDC and the countries are mainly focused on how CBDCs can enhance financial inclusion and payment system efficiency.

The IMF is looking at crossborder payments using CBDC (World Bank/Flickr)

Policy

More Central Banks Are Exploring a CBDC, BIS Survey Finds

There's a greater chance of a wholesale CBDC being issued within six years than a retail one, according to the report.

BIS building (BIS)

Policy

U.S. Crypto Regulations Are Moving Against a CBDC and Non-Compliant Stablecoins Like Tether: JPMorgan

Out of four recent crypto regulatory initiatives, the stablecoin bill has the highest chance of being passed before the U.S. presidential election, the report said.

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Policy

Israel to Start Digital Shekel Challenge to Develop Payment Use Cases

The Bank of Israel has not decided on issuing a digital shekel, even as it continues its yearslong effort to explore its issuance.

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Policy

U.S. House Passes Bill Banning Federal Reserve From Issuing a CBDC

The bill's prospects in the Senate are unclear, however.

U.S. Capitol Building (Louis Velazquez/Unsplash)

Policy

Republican Lawmakers Introduce Legislation to Ban a CBDC in the U.S. ... Again

Senators Ted Cruz, Bill Hagerty, Rick Scott, Ted Budd and Mike Braun filed a bill titled "The CBDC Anti-Surveillance State Act."

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