India Thumbs Down Crypto, To Launch CBDC Instead

India Thumbs Down Crypto, To Launch CBDC Instead

India is just not that into crypto these days. Or, perhaps, not yet. Nirmala Sitharaman, India’s finance minister, revealed last month that the Reserve Bank of India will deploy a digital rupee sometime in the fiscal year 2022-2023. India will become one of the largest economies to launch a central bank digital currency if the […]


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Now debuting a wholesale CBDC, the RBI plans to launch the digital rupee for the retail segment within a month in select locations. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is on track to debut a central bank digital currency (CBDC) after announcing its digital rupee project in February.The central bank of India will launch the digital rupee pilot for the wholesale segment on Nov. 1, the RBI announced on Oct. 31.The pilot will involve nine locally operating banks, including the biggest Indian bank, the State Bank of India. According to a report by Reuters, other banks in the pilot will also include....