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Swiss Bank tokenization event hears optimism, concerns from leading banking institutions

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15 April, 2024

Swiss Bank tokenization event hears optimism, concerns from leading banking institutions

While some experts believe tokenization has an array of positive global impacts, others cautioned of its potential to throw efforts...

Central banks explore asset tokenization on BIS unified ledger

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Fred Baker

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9 April, 2024

Central banks explore asset tokenization on BIS unified ledger

The Bank for International Settlements’ Project Agorá is a collaborative effort by seven central banks to create a platform for...

Central banks are adopting AI despite inherent risks

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Wahid Pessarlay

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1 February, 2024

Central banks are adopting AI despite inherent risks

Even before artificial intelligence gained mainstream popularity, central banks have been utilizing the technology, according to a study by the...

BIS tokenization project is 1 of 6 in 2024

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Gavin Lucas

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29 January, 2024

BIS tokenization project is 1 of 6 in 2024

The Promissa project, made in collaboration between Bank for International Settlements, the Swiss National Bank, and the World Bank, will...

BIS privacy-focused CBDC project features 2 eCash prototypes

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Wahid Pessarlay

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8 December, 2023

BIS privacy-focused CBDC project features 2 eCash prototypes

BIS's Project Tourbillon explores privacy-focused CBDCs, delving into eCash designs, security, scalability, and quantum-safe cryptography, addressing global central bank digital...

BIS, World Bank to tokenize promissory notes

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Steve Kaaru

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4 December, 2023

BIS, World Bank to tokenize promissory notes

BIS will tokenize promissory notes which still rely on stacks of papers, and while this “isn’t going to revolutionize the...

BIS urges central banks to move fast on CBDC as Visa stablecoin threat looms

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Steve Kaaru

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27 November, 2023

BIS urges central banks to move fast on CBDC as Visa stablecoin threat looms

The Bank for International Settlements general manager and the governor of South Korea’s central bank talked about the need for...

Bank for International Settlements questions stablecoins’ money market stability

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Steve Kaaru

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22 November, 2023

Bank for International Settlements questions stablecoins’ money market stability

The Bank for International Settlements has compared stablecoins to Eurodollars, saying they lack a central authority to maintain par when...

BIS chief says wholesale CBDCs are coming ‘really soon’

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Steve Kaaru

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16 November, 2023

BIS chief says wholesale CBDCs are coming ‘really soon’

Wholesale CBDCs don’t have the many complexities, risks, and complications of retail CBDCs and should launch in a few years,...

Stablecoins are not safe—cash them out now: BIS

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Gavin Lucas

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15 November, 2023

Stablecoins are not safe—cash them out now: BIS

The November 8 BIS report detailed that from January 2019 to September 2023, fiat-backed stablecoins only maintained their peg 94%...

Switzerland’s central bank launches wholesale CBDC pilot with UBS, commercial banks

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Wahid Pessarlay

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9 November, 2023

Switzerland’s central bank launches wholesale CBDC pilot with UBS, commercial banks

The pilot, dubbed Helvetia Phase III, builds upon two previous studies with collaborations from the Bank for International Settlements and...

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Wahid Pessarlay

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5 November, 2023

Google pitches offline CBDC plan to central banks to boost adoption rates

The guide, which is a part of Project Polaris, remarked that launching offline CBDCs will require a tailor-made approach, given...

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