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Australia Central Bank Unveils 3-Year Digital Money Plan

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Australia has unveiled a three-year initiative to explore the potential of central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) with a focus on wholesale CBDC opportunities, industry outreach and regulatory improvements, Brad Jones, Assistant Governor (Financial System) at the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA), told the audience at an industry event in September.

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SC Ventures and G+D Complete Pilot on Different Types of CBDC Systems

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This PoC involved executing real-time cross-border test transactions between various Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) systems. The project tested the feasibility of conducting multilateral cross-currency transfers through the UDPN, involving both Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) and non-DLT-based CBDC technologies.

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Swift Works on Enabling Real-Time Exchange of Digital Assets and Payments

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Initially, these will use fiat currencies, but Swift plans to eventually integrate tokenised forms of money such as central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) and stablecoins. A key focus of these developments is testing multi-ledger Delivery-versus-Payment (DvP) and Payment-versus-Payment (PvP) transactions.

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Is ‘Embedded Regulation’ The Key To Stablecoins’ Success?

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The age of digital currencies might be fully upon us, but key questions swirl about how to issue and regulate cryptos – especially stablecoins. Bitcoin and other offerings have not yet evolved into real alternatives to sovereign monetary activities, but stablecoins present challenges. In a paper that debuted Tuesday (Nov.

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CBDCs, Green Finance Among BIS Innovation Hub Projects Announced for 2024

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The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) has recently announced a new series of projects for its 2024 Innovation Hub programme. This project is a joint effort with the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) and is part of ongoing research into the development of CBDC systems, considering privacy concerns.

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An Overview of Debit Cards, P2P Payments, and Digital Cash in 2024

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According to the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), 114 central banks, representing over 95% of global GDP, were engaged in some form of CBDC research or development by the end of 2023. Tether (USDT) and USD Coin (USDC) are the leading stablecoins, with a combined market capitalization exceeding $100 billion in 2023.

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Private/Public Partnerships A Boon For Central Bank Digital Currencies?

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As noted in this space last week, about 80 percent of 66 central banks queried by the Bank of International Settlements (BIS) are working on central bank digital currencies (CBDC). He pointed to the concept of synthetic central bank digital currencies ( CBDC ).