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Kazakhstan is advancing its digital tenge project with a use case design and stakeholder consultation.

The National Bank of Georgia believes that the CBDCs have become essential for the financial ecosystem to improve financial inclusion and enhance domestic payment systems.

The potential national digital currency in Kazakhstan is not intended to replace either cash or cashless payments, the central bank stressed.

Georgia's central bank has invited fintech firms and others to participate in the CBDC project.

The Bahamas is beginning a push for national digital currency adoption this summer, the central bank's governor, John Rolle, said.

Central bank says private sector involvement will be “crucial”

CBDCs will never offer the same freedom of use as cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, according to Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao.

Five pilot programs will gather data on a digital dollar in the United States over the next 12 months.

The Bank of Thailand has published a paper on central bank digital currency (CBDCs) entitle the Way Forward for Retail Central Bank Digital Currency in Thailand. Thailand has been a fairly innovation-friendly nation in regards to Fintech. Several years ago, Thailand participated in Project Inthanon,

CBDC tests are proceeding toward deployment, as Chinese internet, fintech and e-commerce giants are leading the digital yuan vanguard.

Huobi tackles the institutional market, you can now own an NFT of basketball star Yao Ming drinking red wine, and China’s digital yuan starts to target the private sector.

The Bank of England's CBDC-related job listings range from solution architect to senior manager.

Senior Bank of France official has said that CBDCs might challenge role of large banks in settlement of transfers.

Layers of governance could allow single common settlement platform for CBDCs

A private version of Klaytn is being developed in order to take part in South Korea's CBDC pilot to be launched later this year.