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Swiss central bank, BIS plan to test digital currency by the end of this year (theblockcrypto.com)
9 points by syck on Oct 26, 2020 | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment



It should be noted that while several central banks are collaborating on digital currencies [1], all signs point to implementations not using distributed finance/ledger technologies or crypto/tokens/stablecoins. The ECB has specifically stated they will not tokenize or issue a stablecoin for a digital Euro [2] [3], and I would expect other central banks to follow their lead.

[1] https://www.bis.org/publ/othp33.pdf (Central bank digital currencies: foundational principles and core features)

[2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24686582

[3] https://www.ecb.europa.eu/euro/html/digitaleuro.en.html




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