The Banque de France recently shared key lessons from its wholesale CBDC experiments using distributed ledger technologies (DLTs). Following the publication of an initial report in 20211, the Banque ...

The Bank of England said it plans to carry out a series of experiments on a wholesale central bank digital currency and distributed ledger technology. It will also experiment to ensure that the ...

This content has been selected, created and edited by the Finextra editorial team based upon its relevance and interest to our community. The project aims to explore a multi-central bank digital ...

The Qatar Central Bank (QCB) has completed the infrastructure for a central bank digital currency (CBDC) project and launched the first phase of an experimental project. The QCB will look at ...

The tiny kingdom, formerly known as Swaziland, is looking at better domestic accessibility and cross-border trade with a proposed CBDC. The Central Bank of the Kingdom of Eswatini, a landlocked ...

The Bank of England (BoE) has announced plans to conduct a series of experiments with distributed ledger technology (DLT) and wholesale central bank digital currencies (wCBDC). This initiative seeks ...

Euro area central banks will set out plans for a wholesale central bank digital currency (CBDC) in the coming weeks, as they seek to innovate how financial institutions settle securities and foreign ...

With volumes now over $1.5 trillion monthly, the Distributed Ledger Repo (DLR) is designed to integrate distributed-ledger technology with existing front- and back-office systems to streamline and ...

A fight over banning a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) nearly derailed the defense bill. Learn what a CBDC is and why it ...

There is a perception among many that blockchain and distributed ledger technology are the same thing. This is not quite the case. This article explains the difference between blockchain and ...