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Swiss central bank announces plans for wholesale CBDC pilot with ‘real money’: Report

26.6.2023
Thomas Jordan, head of the Swiss National Bank, announced the project at a conference in Zurich; bank still feels “prudent” about a retail CBDC, though

Brazilian Central Bank Adds Crypto Exchange Mercado Bitcoin in CBDC Pilot Including Mastercard

23.6.2023
The approved consortium includes Mastercard, broker Genial, registrar Cerc and financial software fintech Sinqia as partners

First Animated Film Funded by a DAO Brings Nouns NFT Collection to Life

21.6.2023
Led by former animators for Pixar, Netflix and Marvel, “The Rise of Blus: A Nouns Movie” has a budget of $2.75 million and is said to be the first animated film funded by a DAO

Russia to Trial Digital Asset Settlements in Foreign Trade

17.6.2023
Bank of Russia plans to pilot cross-border payments using digital assets and central bank digital currencies, according to a deputy governor. The top executive believes these alternative instruments could increase efficiency in foreign trade while such settlements will not be permitted inside...

Thailand launches retail CBDC pilot with 2 banks and Singapore payment service

12.6.2023
The project, delayed from last year, will enlist bank employees and nearby businesses for the pilot. Each payment provider has launched its own app

Russia’s Rosbank Begins ‘Int’l Crypto Pay Pilot’ – Banks Joining Government’s Crypto Plan?

6.6.2023
The Russian megabank Rosbank says it has launched a “cross-border crypto payments” pilot. Per RBC, Rosbank has become the “first major” Russian bank to launch cross-border payments services “in cryptocurrency.” The bank has teamed up with a local crypto firm named B-Crypto for its initiative....

US Lawmakers Introduce Bill to Halt Federal Reserve’s Digital Dollar Testing, Citing Concerns for American Liberties

1.6.2023
U.S. lawmakers have introduced a bill to prohibit the Federal Reserve from “establishing, carrying out, or approving a program intended to test the practicability of issuing” a central bank digital currency (CBDC). “CBDCs would threaten the liberties of law-abiding Americans and are being used...

Bank of Japan Releases CBDC Report and Launched Its Pilot Program As Other Countries Gain Steam

30.5.2023
The Bank of Japan released the results and findings of a report on central bank digital currencies Japan launched a pilot program in April, the bank said in its report on Monday.... Read More: Bank of Japan Releases CBDC Report and Launched Its Pilot Program As Other Countries Gain Steam

Japan launches digital yen pilot project after second successful proof of concept

29.5.2023
With the end of the proofs of concept, the Bank of Japan has initiated its CBDC pilot and plans more to gather more public and business feedback

ECB sums up digital euro prototyping exercise as it nears possible pilot launch

26.5.2023
The European Central Bank exercise looked at a variety of use cases, most of which were quite satisfactory, as well as the use of self-custodied wallets

Visa, Microsoft and others join Brazilian CBDC pilot

26.5.2023
Both national and global companies will take part in the upcoming pilot project of the Brazilian central bank digital currency

Brazilian Central Bank Reveals CBDC Pilot Partners – One Is a Major Crypto Player

26.5.2023
The Brazilian Central Bank has revealed the firms it will work on for its central bank digital currency (CBDC) pilot – and the list includes the crypto-keen neobank Nubank. According to an official Central Bank release, the bank wants to "evaluate the benefits" of the prototype digital real using...

Brazil's Central Bank Selects 14 Participants for CBDC Pilot

25.5.2023
Among those selected are the largest local banks, Visa and Microsoft

Blizzard and Adobe tap generative AI tools to be 'co-pilot' to humans

24.5.2023
The goal of introducing generative artificial intelligence tools by the two tech firms isn’t to replace humans but to help them

Chinese Autonomous Region of Guanxi to Adopt Digital Yuan in Push for ASEAN Trade Integration

20.5.2023
The Chinese autonomous region of Guanxi, located in the south of China, will implement a wide adoption plan for the digital yuan, that includes a push for using it as a trade currency with countries part of the ASEAN bloc. This pilot plan looks to be part of the experimentation to step up the usage...

Hong Kong Launches Digital Currency Pilot With 16 Firms Including HSBC, Bank of China, Alipay

19.5.2023
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) has announced the commencement of its e-HKD pilot which “will take deep dives into potential use cases in six categories.” The pilot paves the way for “the possible implementation of a retail central bank digital currency (CBDC),” the central banking...