11-14-2024 
Sand Dollar
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11 March, 2024
Bahamas’ Sand Dollar attracted 0.5% of cash in circulation 3 years on: official
Bahamians have been willing to explore the CBDC, with 120,000 of the island’s 400,000 opening accounts, but they have only...
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27 April, 2022
The Bahamas to allow tax payments in digital assets
Prime Minister Phillip Davis unveiled a white paper that charts out his plans for the digital asset future of the...
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9 April, 2022
PwC: More than 80% of central banks have considered launching CBDC
The PwC Global CBDC Index placed Nigeria and the Bahamas at the top of the retail CBDC developments, with Thailand...
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24 April, 2021
CBDC development is accelerating, but China isn’t winning the race: PwC report
PwC published its inaugural Global CBDC Index recently, measuring global central banks’ maturity level in deploying their own digital currency.
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10 April, 2021
Jamaica, Ireland firm partner to test CBDC project in 2021
After the Bahamas, Jamaica would pilot test central bank digital currency. Roll-out expected in early 2022.
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20 February, 2021
Bahamas launches the first digital currency-linked debit card
The Bahamas launched the Sand Dollar as it sought to insulate its financial system against the constant disruptions that occur...
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30 October, 2020
CoinGeek Pulse Episode 18: World’s first CBDC, PayPal’s HODL scheme and Pumpkin Man Craig
This week in CoinGeek Pulse, we are running down the top stories that shake the Bitcoin and blockchain industry.
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28 October, 2020
Bahamas launches Sand Dollar, the world’s first official CBDC
The Central Bank of the Bahamas has developed the Sand Dollar to be transferrable via mobile phones, making it easy...
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21 October, 2020
Bahamas seeks international use of Sand Dollar digital currency
Officials at the Central Bank of the Bahamas are looking at integrating the Sand Dollar into the global financial system.
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19 September, 2020
Bahamas to launch Sand Dollar digital currency in October
The Bahamas, a country of 400,000 people, has been pilot testing its digital currency—the Sand Dollar—since December 2019.
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27 August, 2020
Bahamas central bank adds new digital currency to balance sheet
There was $48,000 worth of its central bank digital currency, the Sand Dollar, in circulation, according to the Bahamas central...
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20 July, 2020
Bahamas gets closer to CBDC launch in post-Hurricane Dorian rebuild
Bahamas started developing the Sand Dollar after the 2019 hurricane, seeking to "full-proof" its financial system against such destruction in...
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