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India’s central bank plans to launch a basic model of the CBDC before implementing a more sophisticated version.

Speech by Ms Anita Angelovska Bezhoska, Governor of the National Bank of the Republic of North Macedonia, at the 13th Conference on Payments and Market Infrastructures, jointly organised by the National Bank of North Macedonia and the Netherlands Bank, Ohrid (digitally), 9 December 2021.

Thailand will be slow but prudent in testing its CBDC to ensure that it does not have problems with funder transfers and other payments.

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"We're also excited that when working with central banks, we can do it in a way that is through regulation and compliance," said Bitt CEO Brian Popelka.

Opening by Mr Olli Rehn, Governor of the Bank of Finland, of the 10th Economics of Payments conference "Going digital – trends in payments during and after the pandemic", 20 October 2021.

"We cannot welcome investments into cryptocurrencies," says Central Bank of Russia governor Elvira Nabiullina.

Speech by Mr Yi Gang, Governor of the People's Bank of China, at The People's Bank of China and Hong Kong Monetary Authority Joint Seminar "Hong Kong's positioning and prospect as an international financial centre", 9 December 2021.

The National Bank of Kazakhstan said it plans to present some of the results of the CBDC study to stakeholders in July 2022 and reaching a decision on launching a digital tenge by December.

The two firms successfully executed cross-realm and end-to-end digital asset transactions with the pilot test, which can also settle securities and forex.

Mastercard is taking a slow but steady approach to bridging the realm of fiat and cryptocurrencies.

Direct exchanges between U.S. lawmakers and the crypto industry could be finally taking a constructive turn.

Speech by Mr Yi Gang, Governor of the People's Bank of China, at the 30th Anniversary Conference of the Bank of Finland Institute for Emerging Economics, 10 November 2021.

Speech by Mr Klaas Knot, President of the Netherlands Bank, at the 13th Conference on Payments and Market Infrastructure, jointly organised by the National Bank of North Macedonia and the Netherlands Bank, Ohrid (digitally), 9 December 2021.