Bank of Italy develops custom Bitcoin consensus for central bank DLT – Ledger Insights
The Bank of Italy is planning quite a bit of research work on distributed ledger technology (DLT). In…
South Korean Central Bank Wants to Use CBDC to Pay $79.3B Worth of Gov’t Subsidies
The Governor of the South Korean Central Bank says Seoul is planning to use its Central Bank Digital…
Stablecoins, crypto cause a third of central banks to accelerate CBDC work – BIS – Ledger Insights
In the past few months the European Central Bank has frequently cited the expansive US approach to stablecoins…
Unpacking the report that ECB mulls public blockchain for digital euro CBDC – Ledger Insights
Today the Financial Times ran an article saying EU officials are accelerating plans for the digital euro central…
Bundesbank: digital euro targets payment sovereignty threats from US, China – Ledger Insights
In a recent interview, Bundesbank board member Burkhard Balz spoke about his view on the need for a…
Brazil’s DREX CBDC project pivots away from blockchain, tokenization – Ledger Insights
Last week during a presentation at the Blockchain Rio event, Brazil’s central bank Governor Gabriel Gallipolo spoke about…
Is the ECB warming to stablecoins? – Ledger Insights
In a blog post, “From hype to hazard: what stablecoins mean for Europe”, Jürgen Schaaf, a European Central…
Anti-CBDC Surveillance Act shouldn’t prevent wholesale CBDC, tokenized reserves – Ledger Insights
The House of Representatives yesterday passed the Anti-CBDC Surveillance Act alongside legislation for stablecoins (GENIUS Act) and crypto…
ECB updates status of digital euro work – Ledger Insights
The European Central Bank has published its third progress report on its work on the digital euro, its…
Reserve Bank of Australia plans wholesale CBDC trials on public and private DLTs – Ledger Insights
Project Acacia is an Australian initiative to support the settlement of tokenized transactions using stablecoins, tokenized deposits or…
South Korea Pauses CBDC Efforts Amid Stablecoin Excitement
The Bank of Korea is reportedly suspending its digital currency program amid increased stablecoin enthusiasm. The central bank (BOK) has…
ECB’s interim solution for wholesale DLT settlement will take more than a year – Ledger Insights
In February the European Central Bank announced plans for a two track Eurosystem solution to enable the wholesale…