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Australia’s Reserve Bank Partners With ConsenSys Over An Ethereum-Based CBDC

Jordan Lyanchev Nov 2, 2020 09:43
By partnering with three major financial organizations and ConsenSys, Australia's central bank will look into the merits of launching an Ethereum-based central bank digital currency (CBDC).
  • The Reserve Bank of Australia has partnered with two major local banks and ConsenSys to explore the potential use of Ethereum-based wholesale central bank digital currency.
  • The announcement from Australia’s central bank named the other partners – Commonwealth Bank, National Australia Bank, and the financial services company Perpetual. 
  • The research group will develop a “proof-of-concept (POC) for the issuance of a tokenized form of CBDC that can be used by wholesale market participants for the funding, settlement, and repayment of a tokenized syndicated loan on an Ethereum-based DLT platform.”
  • The project will also focus on implementing “atomic” develiry-status payment settlements on the blockchain platform. Additionally, it will look into other potential programmability and automation features of tokenized CBDC and financial assets.
  • It’s worth noting that Australia’s central bank concluded earlier this year, before the COVID-19 outbreak, that there was no merit in launching a CBDC at that time. 
  • RBA’s Assistant Governor Michele Bullock believes that the use cases of releasing a CBDC in the current markets are still “an open question.” Nevertheless, she noted that “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 clarified that the bank aims to examine the “implications of a CBDC for efficiency, risk management, and innovation” before eventually considering allocating resources to launch a digital currency.
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Jordan Lyanchev

Jordan got into crypto in 2016 by trading and investing. He began writing about blockchain technology in 2017 and now serves as CryptoPotato's Assistant Editor-in-Chief. He has managed numerous crypto-related projects and is passionate about all things blockchain. Contact Jordan: LinkedIn

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