Over 13 million e-naira wallets have been installed in Nigeria since October 2022. And the value of transactions in the country’s central bank digital currency (CBDC) increased by 63% to $47.7 million (₦22 billion). In his March 21 address to the local press, Governor Godwin Emefiele also said that the
On March 23, the UAE’s Central Bank unveiled its Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) strategy, dubbed “The Digital Dirham.” The Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates (CBUAE) has partnered with G42 Cloud and R3, respectively, to supply the necessary infrastructure and technology for its digital currency initiative. Moreover, a
Ron DeSantis, governor of Florida, is the latest Republican leader to speak out firmly against the use of CBDCs in the United States. The governor has publicly called for a prohibition on CBDCs inside the state, denouncing them as instruments of financial surveillance. DeSantis, in a speech posted on Twitter
India’s central bank, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), announced its partnering with the Central Bank of UAE (CBUAE). This collaboration enhances both countries’ Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) transactions of remittances and trade. Both the central banks signed the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Wednesday in Abu Dhabi to
According to reports in local media, China’s central bank digital currency (CBDC) is now accepted as payment on the country’s most popular social networking and payment app, WeChat. The initiative’s stated goal is to increase the digital yuan’s popularity. After Alipay, WeChat is now the second payment platform to implement
Ajay Kumar Choudhary, Executive Director of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) let out glimpses of the CBDC plan. The central government of the nation and the union bank are in process of building CBDC as a replacement for crypto. Ajay is confident over the fact, CBDC will emerge as
Recently, the Australian central bank, which has been investigating the potential advantages of central bank digital currency (CBDC), published the planned use cases for CBDC and the identities of the providers who have been asked to participate in the live trial. The bank, known as the Reserve Bank of Australia
The Brazilian government’s plan to create a central bank-issued digital currency, known as the “digital real,” is making progress towards a likely release date. Local exchange Mercado Bitcoin announced the successful completion of a series of pilot tests. Aimed at analyzing the interoperability of a tokenized version of the digital
According to Agustin Carstens, the head of the Bank of International Settlements, there is no longer a compelling case for the adoption of digital currency as a replacement for fiat currency. Technology, Carstens claimed in an interview with Bloomberg TV, could not be relied upon as a reliable means of
As of April 1, 2023, the first consumer pilot of Russia’s central bank digital currency (CBDC) will be introduced by the Bank of Russia. According to Russia’s first deputy governor Olga Skorobogatova, digital ruble transactions involving 13 regional banks and many retailers will be introduced by the Russian central bank.
