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Monoova executes cross-border settlement using Australian dollar CBDC

On Friday, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA), in collaboration with the Digital Finance Cooperative Research Centre (DFCRC), held an invitation only conference in Sydney for participants in the Australian Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) pilot project.

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Reserve Bank of Australia tests 14 CBDC use cases in pilot

Today, the Reserve Bank in collaboration with the Digital Finance Cooperative Research Centre (DFCRC) demonstrated the selected organisations exploring potential use cases and economic benefits of a central bank digital currency (CBDC) in Australia with a live demonstration.

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Canvas demonstrates FX transaction using Australian CBDC

Global fintech CANVAS, today announced a significant milestone in moving towards usable electronic currencies on a global basis, with the first Foreign Exchange transaction using an Australian CBDC.

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Digital Pound Foundation adds board members

The Digital Pound Foundation, an independent forum supporting the implementation of a well-designed digital Pound, is delighted to announce the expansion of its Board of Directors with the appointment of two new Board seats as it continues into its second year of full-time operations.

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Digital Dollar Project makes hires

The Digital Dollar Project ("DDP"), a non-profit focused on catalyzing the public discussion around a U.S. CBDC, today announced new hires to support the strategic growth of its policy research and experimentation teams.

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ECB publishes documentation on digital euro prototyping exercise

The ECB is running a digital euro prototyping exercise.

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Clickatell opens USSD channel for Nigeria's eNaira CBDC

Clickatell, a CPaaS innovator and Chat Commerce leader, has partnered with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to deliver fast, simple, and cost effective eNaira banking services to all Nigerians using the USSD channel, eliminating the need for data and available on all handsets.

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ECB chooses Nexi for digital euro prototype

The European Central Bank has chosen Nexi, the European Paytech leader, to develop a front-end prototype for making payments with digital euros.

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FOMO Pay secures $13 million in Series A investment round

FOMO Pay, the Singapore-headquartered major payment institution that enables the digital economy with global virtual banking solutions for financial institutions and enterprises, today announced that it has secured a USD 13 Million investment for its Series A round led by Jump Crypto. Other participating investors include HashKey Capital, Antalpha Ventures, Ab Initio Capital, and Republic Capital.

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Minutes of BofE CBDC engagement forum

Item 1: Welcome Co-chairs Gwyneth Nurse and Jon Cunliffe welcomed Members to the fourth meeting of the CBDC Engagement Forum.

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Cobalt partners with institutional crypto network DeFinity

LONDON, Dec. 22, 2021: DeFinity, an institutional digital asset ECN and DeFi marketplace for fiat FX, Cryptocurrencies and Central Bank Digital Currencies, partners with Cobalt, a market infrastructure provider focused on re-engineering the institutional FX and digital asset markets to facilitate real-time clearing, settlement and dynamic risk and credit management.

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Mexican Ministry of Finance to explore cryptocurrency

(December, 2021) VIP$ Coin (VIP$), the asset backed Blockchain Cryptocurrency, has opened conversations with the Mexican Government to discuss the prospect of bolstering its economy with decentralised currency.

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Core banking provider Perfinal gets CBDC-ready

Hungary-based core banking provider Perfinal says its new platform will be CBDC-ready and will allow bankers in non-tech roles to design and build an EMI or neobank.