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France’s Central Bank Latest To Ponder A Digital Currency

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The First Deputy Governor of the central bank of France, Denis Beau, spoke in support of a blockchain-based settlement system that would allow for faster transfers of euros, as well as be more cost-efficient, according to a report by Yahoo! The ECB has been open to the idea, and could already be experimenting.

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Switzerland Gov’t Takes Skeptical View Of Central Bank Digital Currency

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With the belief that it could cause instability within the country’s financial system, the government of Switzerland spoke against making a central bank digital currency available to the public. Beau wants to use distributed ledger technology (DLT), and France is mulling a central bank digital currency.

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

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SC Ventures, the innovation, fintech investment, and ventures arm of Standard Chartered, and Giesecke+Devrient (G+D) successfully completed a proof-of-concept (PoC) on the Universal Digital Payments Network (UDPN). Meanwhile, the the direct model is where central banks manage wallets and settlements within a centralised CBDC system.

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Bitcoin Daily: Italy's Banks Test Digital Euro On DLT

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The experiments aim to examine a digital euro’s technical feasibility as well as its “programmability” as a coin separate from a central bank digital currency, (CBDC) according to CoinDesk. Any bank can participate in the digital currency initiative, Ledger Insights reported.

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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. Regulators and lawmakers, however, can latch onto digital currency efforts as they must monitor and also supervise such stablecoins. In a paper that debuted Tuesday (Nov.

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RTP, Blockchain Make Inroads Within Corporations

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According to Emirates NBD Group Chief Operating Officer Abdulla Qassem, TCS' solution "has moved our payments operations internally for standardized, scalable and centralized processing, along with the capability to adopt new market evolutions in clearing, including SWIFT for Corporates.". Mastercard Leads Central Bank Digital Currency Test.

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Digital Rupiah Inches Closer with Successful Completion of PoC

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Indonesia has reached a significant milestone in its journey toward exploring the potential of Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) with the completion of the Proof of Concept (PoC) for the wholesale Digital Rupiah under the auspices of Bank Indonesias Project Garuda.