Status : Research
Usecase : Undecided
The Bank of Central Africa States, of which CAR is a member, is exploring the creation of a common CBDC for its members
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United states
Status : Development
Usecase : Retail, Wholesale
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell have reaffirmed the United States’ interest in a digital dollar. At the NYTimes Dealbook Conference, in response to our tracker, Secretary Yellen said: “I think it [the digital dollar] could result in faster, safer, and cheaper payments, which I think are important goals.” During a testimony before the Senate Banking Committee, Powell began by confirming, “We are looking carefully, very carefully at the question of whether we should issue a digital dollar.”
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The House has quickly followed the Senate in passing a major housing bill that will ban the Federal Reserve from working on a digital currency until 2030.
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Read MoreUS Senate Passes Housing Bill With Four-Year Fed CBDC Ban
A bipartisan housing bill the Senate passed 85-5 Monday would block a Fed digital dollar through 2030, and now heads to the House.
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Read MoreVietnam
Status : Research
Usecase :
Vietnam’s Ministry of Finance has formed a research group to explore digital currencies, with a timeline for CBDC development set from 2021 to 2023. In June 2022, Soramitsu, a Japanese company, announced its plans to conduct feasibility studies for CBDCs in Vietnam and the Philippines. The State Bank of Vietnam, Atlantic Council Research, and vietnamnews.vn are sources for this information.
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Laos
Status : Development
Usecase : Retail, Wholesale
The Bank of the Lao began its partnership with Soramitsu in October 2021. However, the PDR has yet to determine if it will issue a CBDC. The Japan International Cooperation Agency is working on the project jointly with the central bank, as part of a wider push to promote socioeconomic development in Laos. The research is set to explore a multi-currency, wholesale pathway as well. In 2023, Laos began developing and testing a proof-of-concept with Soramitsu. During this pilot, the Bank of the Lao PDR issues a CBDC to a temporary commercial bank that then distributes it to individual users to test the payment method at participating retail outlets. This trial is a modified version of Bakong platform launched in Cambodia.
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Kazakhstan
Status : Pilot
Usecase : Retail
Kazakhstan began considering a Digital Tenge in May 2020. In June 2020, Kazakh officials revealed the nation’s digital currency development plan to experts from Russia and China. In May 2021, the National Bank of Kazakhstan (NBK) announced that it plans to pilot the Digital Tenge. In a December 2021 report, Kazakhstan revealed that it had built a prototype along with domestic banks. In October 2022, the NBK announced additional pilot testing to run through 2025 and that it will test the Digital Tenge on Binance’s blockchain network.
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Read MoreEquatorial guinea
Status : Research
Usecase : Undecided
The Bank of Central Africa States, of which Equatorial Guinea is a member, is exploring the creation of a common CBDC for its members
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Uganda
Status : Research
An announcement regarding CBDC exploration was made in February 2022. In April 2022, the Bank of Uganda held meetings with the temtum group, a blockchain technology company. In a May 2022 interview, the Bank of Uganda announced that it is conducting a preliminary study to consider a CBDC and the policy objectives that it would address.
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