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Banque De France Has Finished CBDC Trial

PYMNTS

Banque de France has successfully conducted its own central bank digital currency (CBDC) trial, with a blockchain platform for interbank settlement, CoinDesk reported. A statement from the bank said the pilot involved a settlement on a private blockchain, which U.K. million), per CoinDesk. million), per CoinDesk.

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Project Ensemble: Hong Kong Embraces Asset Tokenisation With New Sandbox

The Fintech Times

Through the project , HKMA explores financial market infrastructure that facilitates seamless interbank settlement of tokenised money through a wCBDC. Having completed building the sandbox, HKMA will use it to facilitate interbank settlement using experimental tokenised money, focusing on transactions involving these tokenised assets.

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Hong Kong Monetary Authority Launches Wholesale CBDC Project to Develop Local Tokenisation Market

The Fintech Times

Through the new project, Hong Kong Monetary Authority will explore innovative financial market infrastructure (FMI) that will facilitate seamless interbank settlement of tokenised money through a wholesale CBDC.

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Bitcoin Daily: Banque de France Seeks CBDC Experiment Applications; Bitget Looks To Grow In The US

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The Banque de France is seeking applications “to experiment with a central bank digital currency for interbank settlements,” according to an announcement from the French central bank. Indeed, any decision to create a CBDC is a matter for the Eurosystem.”

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Today In Digital-First Banking: Banque de France Completes CBDC Pilot; New PPP Extends $5 Billion In Loans In First Week

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In today’s top news in digital-first banking, Banque de France has completed its central bank digital currency (CBDC) test, while roughly 60,000 loans were distributed during the first week of the reopened Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). Banque De France Has Finished CBDC Trial.

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Fintech in Singapore: 2023 in Review

Fintech News

Efforts were also made to advance digital assets, tokenization and central bank digital currency (CBDC) experimentation with initiatives such as Project Guardian and Project Orchid expanding to include more use cases and moving towards “live” pilots.

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Tales from the Crypto: Funding Startups, Fighting Fraud, and Why the U.S. is a CBDC Laggard

Finovate

progress on CBDCs lagging other nations Former President Donald Trump said recently that he would “never allow the creation of a central bank digital currency (CBDC).” created CBDC has plenty of issues – even without the antipathy of the once (and maybe future) U.S. .” Report: U.S. The effort in the U.K.

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