For years the Bank of Japan has operated a retail CBDC research initiative with seven working groups and 64 companies involved. That research has continued despite comments last year that there’s no need for a launch. In early February this year, as part of the ongoing CBDC Forum, central bank director Kazushige Kamiyama said that the …
Image by Ledger Insights Last year the BIS Innovation Hubs in Europe and Singapore announced plans for Project Rialto to explore foreign exchange (FX) for retail cross border payments. Today the BIS published a work in progress paper outlining its plans, including the involvement of the central banks of France, Italy, Malaysia and Singapore. The …
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Image by Ledger Insights This coming Monday’s Eurogroup meeting will include a discussion about tokenization, DLT and central bank money for wholesale settlement, as well as the status of the retail digital euro. The Eurogroup is an informal body of economic and finance ministers that meet to discuss issues relating to the euro currency. Mr …
EU finance ministers to discuss tokenization, wholesale DLT settlement 閱讀全文 »
Image by Ledger Insights Asset manager Schroders (AUM £758bn / $1 trillion) is setting up a digital assets center of excellence in Singapore after participating in the local Project Guardian tokenization sandbox. While Singapore has been at the forefront of digital asset and tokenization innovations, it’s notable that a UK headquartered entity would choose the …
$Trillion asset manager Schroders creates digital assets hub in Singapore 閱讀全文 »
