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.
Nov 1, 2020 at 11:28 p.m. UTCUpdated Aug 19, 2021 at 5:25 a.m. UTC
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- The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) said the project will involve the development of a proof-of-concept (POC) for the issuance of a tokenized form of CBDC for use by wholesale market participants for the funding, settlement and repayment of a tokenized syndicated loan on an Ethereum-based DLT platform.
- The RBA also said the project will look into other potential programmability and automation features of a tokenized CBDC and financial assets.
- "We are aiming to explore the implications of a CBDC for efficiency, risk management and innovation in wholesale financial market transactions," Assistant Governor of the RBA (Financial System) Michele Bullock said.
- "We are pleased to be collaborating with industry partners to explore if there is a future role for a wholesale CBDC in the Australian payments system," Bullock added.
- The project is expected to be completed around the end of 2020 and a report will be issued on the project during the first half of next year, the central bank said.
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