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Reserve Bank of Australia publishes report on DLT and wholesale CBDC

Thursday 9 December 2021 14:29 CET | News

The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has published a report exploring DLT tech and wholesale CBDC issuance.

Following Treasurer Josh Frydenberg’s payments and crypto reform plan, RBA published a report into its two-year research project into wholesale central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) that emphasized the benefits of digitising and autonomising manual, paper-based banking processes using distributed ledger technology (DLT).

The report marks the conclusion of the two-year project named ‘Project Atom’ that was conducted in partnership with the Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA), National Australia Bank (NAB), Perpetual, and ConsenSys, along with additional input from King & Wood Mallesons.

The CBDC research was published on 8 December 2021, the same day Treasurer and Deputy Liberal leader Josh Frydenberg unveiled a ‘payments and crypto reform plan’ for fintech and crypto regulation in Australia. The government has indicated it is in favour of at least six crypto reform proposals recommended by a Senate Committee, and is investigating others.

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Keywords: DLT, CBDC, digital currency, research
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