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Digital Dollar Project Plans to Explore CBDC Technical Solutions With New Sandbox

The nonprofit organization advocating for a U.S. central bank digital currency plans to work with crypto platforms like Digital Asset and Ripple to explore technical and policy aspects of a digital dollar.

The Digital Dollar Project is kicking off a new CBDC sandbox in October. (Ben Mater/Unsplash)

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Australia Starts Research Program to Explore Digital Asset Opportunities

The Assistant Treasurer and Minister for Financial Services Stephen Jones officially started the program Monday at the Australian Securities Exchange.

Financial Services Minister and Assistant Treasurer Stephen Jones at the launch of DFCRC. (DFCRC/orlandosydney.com)

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Crypto Prices Are Fanned by Flawed Economics and Conspiracy Theories; CBDCs Are Immune: Bank of Finland Governor

While making a case for digital euro, Bank of Finland Governor Olli Rehn said central bank digital currencies won't be subject to the price volatility of private cryptos.

Olli Rehn, governor of the Bank of Finland (Horacio Villalobos/Getty Images)

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Nigeria's CBDC eNaira Used for Nearly $10M Worth of Transactions Since October

The eNaira app has been downloaded 840,000 times and has 270,000 active wallets

The eNaira wallet registration page (CoinDesk)

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Colombia explora la creación de una CBDC para combatir la evasión fiscal

Como parte de un programa de reforma impositiva, el gobierno del país sudamericano también planea imponer límites a las transacciones en efectivo.

Bandera de Colombia. (Flavia Carpio/Unsplash)

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Colombia Explores Creating a CBDC to Combat Tax Evasion

As part of a tax reform program, the government of the South American country also plans to impose limits on cash transactions.

Bandera de Colombia. (Flavia Carpio/Unsplash)

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UK Group to Test Stablecoin Payments, Provide Data to Bank of England

The Digital FMI Consortium, a group of private-sector companies, will start a pilot scheme in October and run it for a minimum of a year.

El Banco de Inglaterra sube las tasas en 50 puntos base. (PeterRoe/Pixabay)

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Reserve Bank of Australia Starts Pilot to Explore CBDC Use Cases

Australia's central bank plans to create a CBDC that will operate in a ring-fenced environment.

Australian dollars (Squirrel photos/Pixabay)