The Bank of Israel has published a preliminary design document for the proposed digital shekel. Central banks around the world are converging on shared principles for CBDC design. On some more ...

The Bank of Israel has put forward a possible design for a central bank digital currency (CBDC) should the decision be made to introduce one in the future. The central bank described the proposed ...

While no decision has been made to pursue the issuance of a central bank digital currency (CBDC), this paper explores the technological approach to constructing a CBDC system for contingency planning ...

The Bank of Israel released a preliminary design proposal for a digital shekel (DS), Israel’s potential central bank digital currency (CBDC), despite no solid intent as yet for an official launch.

The CBUAE has unveiled a new symbol for the UAE's national currency, the Dirham, along with the announcement of the Digital ...

In the future, it is possible to envisage the coexistence of an FPS, e-money, and CBDC in many payment landscapes across the world. Through good design, all three systems could meet central bank ...

As the global race to deploy central bank digital currencies heats up, the UAE announces a firm launch window for its own ...

The report also discusses design considerations for wholesale and retail CBDCs. It finishes with a summary of key observations on the cryptocurrency and CBDC markets, as well as the near-term ...

Christine Lagarde, President of the European Central Bank, has announced the intent to launch a Digital Euro in October.

A hybrid design that joins both local and remote stores of value into a unified CBDC system may maximize usability but experience increased system risk due to a permutation of threat vectors. Certain ...

"The BOT will assess the benefits and associated risks from the Pilot to formulate related policies and improve the CBDC design in the future." The country's goal with this move is to assess how ...