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Hong Kong Treasury Markets Summit 2024 Highlights Key Financial Innovations

The Treasury Markets Summit 2024, hosted by HKMA and TMA, focused on offshore renminbi business, DeFi, Metaverse, and CBDCs.

Sep 27, 2024blockchainnews
Central bank digital currencies must be user-friendly – ECB study

To be widely adopted, CBDCs will need to combine best aspects of existing payment methods

Sep 18, 2024centralbanking
Previous CBDC research based on outdated assumptions – ECB paper

Authors say rejecting digital cash would have adverse unintended consequences

Sep 12, 2024centralbanking
Brazil announces new themes for phase two of CBDC pilot

BCB selects private companies to test implementation of “smart contract” for drex currency

Sep 9, 2024centralbankingDREX
Bank of Russia expands CBDC pilot

Central bank says second phase will involve far greater numbers of people and firms than initial stage

Sep 2, 2024centralbanking
Kyrgyzstan opens public consultation on laws governing CBDC

Amendments to legislation affecting digital som are due to come into force in 2027

Aug 13, 2024centralbankingDigital Som
Australian indigenous nation advances with digital currency

Birri Gubba dollar to be pegged to AUD and backed by assets including carbon credits

Aug 9, 2024centralbanking
CBDCs amplify contractionary effects of monetary shocks – BoC paper

However, research finds no substantial change to transmission mechanism

Aug 7, 2024centralbanking
Kazakhstan’s CBDC pilot enters second phase

Central bank to examine how digital tenge could be used to reduce corruption in public spending

Jul 25, 2024centralbanking
Well-designed CBDC can fulfil role of cash – BoC paper

Researchers argue digital retail public money is necessary to avoid fragmentation

Jul 17, 2024centralbanking
China and Kazakhstan to co-operate on CBDC research

The two Asian central banks set to carry out joint research and training

Jul 12, 2024centralbanking
Iran and Russia connect payments systems, governor says

Move comes after central Asian banks and payments systems have cut ties to Mir

Jul 8, 2024centralbanking
Banque de France and HKMA to conduct cross-border CBDC test

HKMA is the first non-European central bank to join the Eurosystem’s wholesale DLT settlement trials

Jul 4, 2024centralbanking
Bahamas’ central bank will tell lenders to make CBDC available

Governor says central bank will introduce measures over next two years amid low take-up

Jul 3, 2024centralbankingSand Dollar
Banque de France and HKMA Collaborate to Enhance CBDC Cross-Border Payments

The Banque de France (BDF) and the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) have announced a collaboration to advance CBDC cross-border payment solutions.

Jun 27, 2024blockchainnewsProject Ensemble