Tag "central bank digital currency (CBDC)"

BIS, Central Banks Complete Large Scale Cross-Border CBDC Pilot

Project mBridge, a collaboration between four central banks and the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) Innovation Hub Hong Kong Centre, has completed a successful pilot involving the use of central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) by commercial banks to conduct real-value

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CBDCs and Virtual Assets Dominate Day One of Hong Kong Fintech Week 2022

The seventh edition of Hong Kong’s flagship fintech event Hong Kong Fintech Week (HKFW) 2022 kicked off this week, organised by the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) with Invest Hong Kong. The first day of the HKFW 2022 saw several

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HKMA, BIS Publish Report on the World’s Largest Multi-CBDC Pilot Project

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA), Bank for International Settlements (BIS), Bank of Thailand, Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates, and the Digital Currency Institute of the People’s Bank of China have published a report on the completed pilot

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How Will Hong Kong’s Digital Currency E-HKD Work?

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) has released a technical whitepaper on a retail central bank digital currency (CBDC), proposing an architecture that would follow the key principles of safety, efficiency, and openness. The paper, titled e-HKD: A technical perspective,

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Despite Crackdowns, China Remains One of the World’s Top Crypto Market

Despite crackdowns on cryptocurrency trading and mining, China remains one of the most active cryptocurrency markets in the world, according to a new report by blockchain data platform Chainalysis. Between January and June 2021, cryptocurrency addresses believed to be controlled

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China’s CBDC Pilot Surpasses US$ 5 Billion in Total Transaction Value

Since launching pilots for its central bank digital currency (CBDC) back in late 2019, China has seen 70.75 million transactions being conducted using the so-called e-CNY scheme with value totaling RMB 34.5 billion, or US$5.3 billion, new data from the

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Asia Leads the Way with Central Bank Backed Digital Currencies (CBDCs)

Central banks in Asian countries including Cambodia, Thailand, Mainland China, Hong Kong and Singapore, have more advanced central bank digital currency (CBDC) projects than their global counterparts, outperforming those of Canada, the UK and Sweden, a new analysis by PwC

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China’s National Digital Currency Project Enrolls Over 20 Companies as Partners

Support and adoption of the Chinese national digital currency project, the Digital Currency Electronic Payment (DCEP), is accelerating with now more than 20 companies having joined as partners. Only eight firms were originally announced, including four state-owned banks (Industrial and

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What is A Digital Currency and Why They Are The Real Revolution

Technology is transforming payments, and one of the most widely talked about innovations in this regard has been digital currencies. Despite its growing dominance in international headlines, many who are unfamiliar with the scene find themselves asking “what is a

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4 Reasons Why China’s Central Bank is Launching a Digital Currency

Blockchain and cryptocurrencies have been all the rage these past years. Now even central banks are looking to launch their own digital currency. So-called central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) differ from traditionally digital currencies like bitcoin and ether in the

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