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Share Share on Twitter Share on LinkedIn Share on Telegram Copy Link Link copied Bank de France has unveiled the outcomes of its wholesale central bank digital currency (wCBDC) trial. The experimentation comprised twelve diverse tests carried out over the past three years in collaboration with several European central banks, commercial
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"Through these experiments, the Banque de France shows the operational feasibility and practical implementation of the three models it has conceptualized for issuing wCBDC directly on DLT [distributed ledger technology]," the central bank said, adding that different types of DLT were used to test applications in asset tokenization and the
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Share Share on Twitter Share on LinkedIn Share on Telegram Copy Link Link copied Syz Group is launching a $50 million fund in collaboration with Hong Kong’s venture capital firm, CMCC Global. The fund, which is scheduled to go live on July 1, will invest in crypto-focused hedge funds. Bank Syz
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France’s central bank has concluded that further examination of wholesale central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) is needed following its initial experiments.The Banque de France’s experiment commenced in March 2020, with results published Monday.“We have demonstrated that a wholesale CBDC would be of benefit for cross-border and cross-currency payments as it
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It turns out the 100 million euro digital bond issued by the European Investment Bank earlier this week was actually a trial of a European central bank-issued digital currency, or CBDC.An April 28 announcement from France’s central bank, Banque de France, revealed the digital bond was settled using a CBDC
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Banque de France has selected a number of candidates to test and present solutions for a new French
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Denis Beau, First Deputy Governor of Banque de France (France’s central bank) discussed the possibility of central banks in Europe developing a digital currency at the AFME Annual Capital Market Technology and Innovation Conference, held in Paris on 21st November.Beau stated that the tokenization of financial assets, along with applications
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