06/07/2022
Do you know that as of 2019 80% of central banks were engaged in work related to central bank digital currency (CBDC)
What Is a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC)?🤔
CBDC is an electronic form of central bank money that citizens can use to make digital payments and store value. A CBDC is a digital currency, it's issued by a central bank, and is universally accessible.
Interest in CBDC has grown in response to changes in payments, finance, technology, and the disruption caused by Covid-19.
A 2021 BIS survey of central banks found that 86% are actively researching the potential for CBDCs, 60% were experimenting with the technology and 14% were deploying pilot projects.
In simple terms, a central bank digital currency (CBDC) would be a digital banknote. Individuals could use it to pay businesses, shops or each other (a "retail CBDC"), or between financial institutions to settle trades in financial markets (a "wholesale CBDC").
A CBDC offers three main elements:
◼A digital currency
◼Issued by the central bank
◼Universally accessible
Some countries have already begun experimenting with CBDCs
➰According to Statista, the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing are expected to be more than just a sports event: Around this same time, predictions are that it will also introduce the world to Digital Yuan or e-CNY. This digital coin is a Central Bank Digital Currency or CBDC: A virtual currency created and issued by a central bank.
➰In 2017, the world's oldest bank, Swedish Riksbank, began its CBDC project called e-krona. In collaboration with Accenture PLC, a pilot took place from 2020 until February 2021, and the project was extended until February 2022.
➰In 2019, the Bahamas also began their CBDC project called "Sand Dollar'' — it was fully deployed in October 2020.
➰The monetary authority for the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States members, the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank, began its work on a CBDC project called DXCD to reach financially excluded parts of the population. Its prototype is being tested in Antigua, Barbuda, Grenada, Saint Lucia, St. Kitts, and Nevis.\