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0:00 Intro
1:39 What Are CBDCs?
4:55 Turkey
5:29 Ukraine
6:28 South Korea
7:55 Israel
9:12 Europe (Euro Zone)
10:35 United States
12:33 China
14:18 Conclusion
CBDC is short for central bank digital currency, or as I like to call it, the ultimate shitcoin. This is because CBDCs are just digital fiat currencies that are issued and controlled by a countryβs central bank
π¦Turkeyπ¦
Turkey has been planning a digital Lira since 2019, and they should have begun testing their CBDC in the first half of this year. However, no news has come out about that yet. It is also not known which blockchain Turkey will choose for its CBDC.
β¨Ukraine & Stellarβ¨
The Ukranian government announced earlier this year that it had partnered with the Stellar Foundation to develop their CBDC, though it appears they will not be deploying it on Stellarβs public blockchain
π«South Korea & Klaytnπ«
The Bank of Korea recently announced that theyβre officially looking for a tech company to help them test their CBDC this summer
The prime candidate seems to be Klaytn, an enterprise-oriented clone of Ethereum that recently teamed up with Consensys to create a permissioned version of their blockchain for South Koreaβs CBDC trials
π€Israel & Ethereumπ€
In May this year the Bank of Israel suddenly revealed its definitive plans to issue a CBDC. It only took a month for them to begin testing their tech, and it seems like theyβve chosen Ethereum as their blockchain of choice
πΆ Europe & EthereumπΆ
The European Union is also looking to develop a digital Euro. This is a recent development given that the European Central Bank only jumped on the CBDC bandwagon late last fall
It seems that Europeβs Central Bank has been taking notes of CBDC developments elsewhere, because theyβve already begun testing their CBDC technology on Ethereum, at least according to French officials
πUnited States & Algorandπ
Early 2020 is when the FED really started to put CBDCs on their list of priorities. Multiple digital dollar pilots are already underway by private companies
The real question is which cryptocurrency blockchain the United States could tap for its CBDC, and the evidence points to Algorand
π§§Chinaπ§§
Chinaβs own motivation for creating a digital yuan stems from the dominance of the tech giants within its own country which have effectively taken over the payments industry
According to Reuters, Chinaβs digital yuan does not use a blockchain, which begs the question of whether it counts as a central bank digital currency
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