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.
Many nations increased their work on central bank digital currency (CBDC) in the middle of 2022’s brutal bear market. Now, it seems that Japan is also heading on a similar path. It was recently announced that the Japan CBDC, or digital yen pilot programme, is scheduled to launch in April.
Although it has only been a few months since India joined the CBDC race. The government has no plans to accelerate its central bank digital currency (CBDC) trial. On February 8th, as per reports, the country’s new CBDC trial has already attracted 50,000 customers. And 5,000 merchants since the Reserve
The new head of the BIS Innovation Hub Cecilia Skingsley remarked on Monday that central bank digital currency (CBDC) would never have complete interconnectivity owing to cross-border limits. Despite the instability in the crypto business last year, such as the bankruptcy of the FTX crypto exchange. Skingsley notes the rebound
Over the Lunar New Year period, the Chinese Central Bank distributed CBDC worth millions of dollars around the nation. Around 200 events for the e-CNY were introduced around the nation during the holiday season. This is according to a report in the Global Times which is an English-language arm of
According to a report released by the National Bank of Kazakhstan (NBK) and Binance on February 3, the NBK has begun testing a digital tenge pilot project. Central Asia and the Commonwealth of Independent States were the focus of this research as it examined worldwide approaches to digital asset legislation,
Montenegro’s Prime Minister Dritran Abazonic has stated that the country’s central bank would be working with Ripple to create a central bank digital currency (CBDC). While in Davos, Switzerland for the World Economic Forum, the country’s Prime Minister allegedly met with Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse and Vice President James Wallis.
The National Bank of Georgia (NBG) is preparing to publish a whitepaper on the “digital lari,” which will provide a framework for interested parties to refine their suggestions ahead of the project’s pilot phase. The NBG had planned to begin testing the central bank digital currency (CBDC) in 2022, but
Stablecoins and CBDCs, issued by central banks, have captured the interest of governments throughout the world. Evidence for this comes from the fact that several nations are embracing CBDCs and launching pilot programmes to fully integrate them into daily life. Recent events include the introduction of a CBDC pilot programme
Mikhail Fedorov, Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine has announced a determination for his nation to be the world’s top cryptocurrency jurisdiction. Ukraine’s deputy prime minister wants to be the first user of a new central bank digital currency (CBDC). And also get payment in e-hryvnia. Ukraine’s Vice Prime Minister Mikhail
