As Bitcoin debuts in El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala study CBDCs

As Bitcoin debuts in El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala study CBDCs

Honduras and Guatemala are studying central bank digital currencies and the value they could bring to their respective monetary systems. Two Central American countries, Honduras and Guatemala, are taking a cue from their common neighbor’s adoption of Bitcoin (BTC), but they are taking a very different road. Instead of embracing an existing cryptocurrency as a legal tender, like what El Salvador did, the central banks of Honduras and Guatemala are currently studying central bank digital currencies or CBDCs.Following the approval of the board of directors, the Central Bank of Honduras kicked....


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