G7 Finance Ministers and Bankers Adopt Guidelines for Central Bank Digital Cu...

G7 Finance Ministers and Bankers Adopt Guidelines for Central Bank Digital Cu...

Any digital currency issued by a central bank must support financial and monetary stability, finance leaders from G7 member states have insisted. State-issued coins should also ensure privacy, transparency, and data protection, the officials stated. The forum adopted 13 public policy principles for retail digital currencies and stressed that “CBDCs are not ‘cryptoassets.’” CBDCs Must ‘Do No Harm’ to Stability, G7 Finance Chiefs Say Recognizing the potential benefits of innovation in digital money and payments, finance officials from the....


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