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July 10, 2023 22 mins
  • A joint report between multiple organizations reveals CBDC’s potential for cross-border payments.
  • 87 countries are exploring the use of Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) to facilitate cross-border payments, with 9 having already fully launched and more in development.
  • The BIS proposes three models for setting up wholesale CBDCs for this purpose: compatible, interlinked, and multi-CBDC platforms.
  • Implementing CBDCs raises legal, regulatory, operational and cyber security issues, as well as potential macro-financial implications.
  • Conspiracy theorists [like us] suggest the BIS is trying to create a global digital currency that would replace national currencies, and exploit developing countries' monetary policies/resources.
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