Ledger Insights: Tuesday July 30, 2024
The Bank of England is planning wholesale CBDC (wCBDC) trials alongside RTGS synchronized payments as in Project Meridian
Today the Bank of England published a discussion paper on innovation in money and payments. While it covers payments across the board, it aims to gather feedback for planned wholesale central bank money trials. This will include both a wholesale central bank digital currency (wCBDC) and a synchronization solution enabling DLT transactions to settle using []
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