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As noted in this space in recent months, a Bank of International Settlements (BIS) survey found that a majority of central banks (more than 80 percent) are exploring CBDCs. In other CBDC efforts, as reported in the fall , China’s central bank issued 10 million yuan ($1.5 The money is spendable at a number of retail locations.
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But: The bank is keeping an eye on the experiences and progress of other nations, and still is researching its own technological and “policy implications” of wholesale forms of CBDC. Separately, of course, the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) has said that a test of a CBDC rests with small retail transactions — not large-volume transactions.
Beyond bitcoin – that marquee name of crypto and its brethren, which have yet to escape wild price swings and speculative fervor – lies the prospect of CBDCs. India, according to reports earlier this fall, is mulling a ban on cryptos in general, but may indeed look more deeply into a CBDC. Fed, the Swiss National Bank and others.
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