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Digital Tenge

Proof of concept

Kazakhstan

Central Bank(s)

National Bank of Kazakhstan

Announcement Year

2020

Status

Proof of concept

Retail/Wholesale

Wholesale

DLT / non-DLT

DLT

Main motivation/goals of the CBDC

National Bank of Kazakhstan perceives a multitude of possibilities arising from the harmonization of conventional and decentralized finance, as well as the interplay between regulators and the market. It aims to foster a sound and equitable regulatory atmosphere for digital assets and cryptocurrencies that guarantees their innovative capacity while safeguarding consumer rights and maintaining macro-financial stability, as the main objectives of the Digital Tenge project is to test the concept’s feasibility through experimental confirmation of the retail platform’s technological viability based on distributed ledger technology, as well as to determine the main parameters of the CBDC Model for Kazakhstan in cooperation with all stakeholders.

Link to announcement

Timeline

Last update: September 2023

September 2023

Status updated

None Proof of concept

Added data

Announcement Year: 2020

Retail/Wholesale: Wholesale

DLT / non-DLT: DLT

Main motivation/goals of the CBDC: National Bank of Kazakhstan perceives a multitude of possibilities arising from the harmonization of conventional and decentralized finance, as well as the interplay between regulators and the market. It aims to foster a sound and equitable regulatory atmosphere for digital assets and cryptocurrencies that guarantees their innovative capacity while safeguarding consumer rights and maintaining macro-financial stability, as the main objectives of the Digital Tenge project is to test the concept’s feasibility through experimental confirmation of the retail platform’s technological viability based on distributed ledger technology, as well as to determine the main parameters of the CBDC Model for Kazakhstan in cooperation with all stakeholders.

Link to announcement: www.swift.com

Country / Region: Kazakhstan

Central Bank(s): National Bank of Kazakhstan

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