Australia's CBDC Pilot to Be Completed in 2023
The pilot, which is exploring "innovative use cases" for a central bank digital currency, kicked off in August.
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Sep 26, 2022 at 11:20 a.m. UTC
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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.
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Aug 30, 2022 at 9:45 a.m. UTC
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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.
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Aug 9, 2022 at 8:51 a.m. UTC
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Australia's Central Bank Says Bitcoin 'Not Really Money,' No Risk to Financial Stability
The Reserve Bank's assistant governor for financial systems, Michelle Bullock, said there is "a lot of fuss over bitcoin."
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Feb 5, 2021 at 10:59 a.m. UTC
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Australia's Central Bank Kicks Off CBDC Research Project With ConsenSys as Partner
The partnership, which also includes top Australian banks, will explore the possible use and implications of a wholesale form of central bank digital currency using distributed ledger technology.
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Nov 1, 2020 at 11:28 p.m. UTC
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Australian Central Bank Sees 'No Strong Public Policy Case' for CBDC
The Australian central bank does not see a strong case for issuing a retail central bank digital currency, its head of payments policy said.
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Oct 14, 2020 at 3:59 a.m. UTC
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80% of Australians Know About Crypto but Only 1% Use It: Central Bank Study
Fewert than 1 percent of surveyed Australians paid for consumer goods with cryptocurrency in 2019, according to a new study by the Reserve Bank of Australia.
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Mar 20, 2020 at 10:00 a.m. UTC
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2 APAC Nations Have Ruled Out Central Bank Digital Currencies
The central banks of both Australia and New Zealand have said they do not plan to create their own digital currencies – at least for now.
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Jun 26, 2018 at 11:00 a.m. UTC
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Australia’s Central Bank is Conducting Internal Blockchain Research
Australia’s central bank is involved with several initiatives focused on blockchain technology, public records show.
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Apr 13, 2017 at 4:17 p.m. UTC
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Australian Central Bank Chief: Questions About Blockchain Remain
Governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia Glenn Stevens has issued new comments on blockchain technology.
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Dec 15, 2015 at 6:10 p.m. UTC
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