The model used in the PoC preserves the current role of banks in the financial system and allows non-bank wholesale market participants to access the CBDC.
December 13, 2021Energy-intensive and unregulated, institutional investors are proving reluctant to back the rapidly growing asset class.
November 26, 2021Government ministries will work with the central bank and national power utility to decide on rules governing the use of cryptocurrencies.
September 18, 2021Ground X, Kakaobank, Kakao Pay, Consensys, Samsung and Onther are among the firms that will participate in the pilot. Phase one will be complete by December.
August 9, 2021If the use of digital assets as a means of payment for goods and services become widespread, the BOT will take action in coordination with the SEC.
July 18, 2021The lawsuit will allege that Ripple, its CEO and its Co-founder sold unlicensed securities that should be registered with the SEC.
December 23, 2020The RBA has partnered with CBA, NAB, Perpetual and ConsenSys to explore if there is a future role for a wholesale CBDC in the Australian payments system.
November 3, 2020Project Inthanon-LionRock studied the application of a CBDC for cross-border payments. ConsenSys will lead implementation of the project's next phase.
September 28, 2020The first batch of new crypto indices will track Bitcoin and Ethereum, and are expected to drive exposures to digital assets in Asia.
September 2, 2020Backed by SGX and licensed by MAS, 1exchange takes private companies' shares and puts them into an SPV to back digital tokens that can then be listed and traded by investors.
July 13, 2019