Nigeria has significantly reduced the daily cap on cash withdrawals from ATMs to encourage the usage of ‘eNaira,’ the Central Bank of Nigeria’s digital currency (CBDC). Individuals and organizations, who violate the government-imposed restrictions will be penalized between 5% and 10%. To enhance digital currency circulation the central bank restriction
Indonesia’s Central Bank on Wednesday revealed a planned white paper for a digital rupiah currency that will utilize blockchain technology as the country experiences a spike in digital transactions since 2020. Its been a year since Bank Indonesia (BI) tried to expose the potential of introducing its own digital currency
Macau’s Executive Council proposed a bill that would have the intention to accept CBDC as a legal Tender. The government has not set a date or defined which digital currencies will accept. The Chinese special administrative region of Macau, which has a thriving gambling industry. It has declared its intention
As per the official statement from the Norges Bank, the prototype infrastructure for the country’s central bank digital currency will be introduced on Ethereum. The bank introduces a new open source sandbox code on ETH technology to support interesting features. In addition, the sandbox for the CBDC is now accessible
It is conceivable to prevent the digital euro from being used as an investment option. Panetta said it would take years until the majority of Europeans own the digital euro. Member of the European Central Bank‘s Executive Board Fabio Panetta cautioned that a digital euro might convert a considerable percentage
