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Only a Test: Bank of Canada Comments on CAD-Coin Trial
Canada's central bank says that its 'CAD-coin' project isn't intended for use as an actual interbank payment system, but merely as a test.
Oleh Stan Higgins
Canada’s central bank unveiled a blockchain-based interbank payment experiment earlier this week, a move the institution said in new statements isn’t intended to launch a new e-money system.
When reached for comment, Central Bank of Canada senior deputy governor Carolyn Wilkins said that the ‘CAD-coin’ project was intended “solely to better understand the technology first-hand”.
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Notably, she said that the scope of the Canadian central bank’s work is devoted to the interbank area, and that a number of key questions remain on the table.
Wilkins told CoinDesk:
"Other frameworks need to be investigated, and there are many hurdles that need to be cleared before such a system would be ever be ready for prime time. None of our experiments are to develop central-bank issued e-money for use by the general public. These are still conceptual research questions that are being investigated by many central banks."
would enable the exchange of Canadian dollars for a digital version which could be settled at participating banks. The project constitutes a closed blockchain network, with financial institutions and the central bank forming the group of participants.
The central bank itself would own and operate the system, if implemented.
The presentation of CAD-coin came a day before a now-cancelled speech by Bank of England governor Mark Carney, who was expected to deliver a major policy speech on financial technology and blockchain in particular. Carney’s speech was cancelled in the wake of the murder of UK Parliament member Jo Cox.
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