Market Release

BIS Survey 2020 reveals 80% Central Banks developing new Digital Currencies to counter Cryptocurrencies
A new survey by BIS reveals that 80 % of central banks across the globe are in the process to launch their own digital currency, which is a significant development in recent years. The survey has...
Feb 06, 2020


Impact of CBDC design choices on transmission of monetary policy
CBDC design choices have an impact on the transmission of monetary policy.?The transmission of monetary policy can be strengthened by a CBDC with a sufficiently high convenience value...
Nov 14, 2022


Tourbillon Prototype CBDC Could Offer More Privacy and Scalability
BIS Innovation Hub's Swiss Centre has launched Tourbillon, a new project to improve cyber resilience, scalability, and privacy in a prototype Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC)...
Nov 15, 2022


Italy and Greece gave regulatory approval to the cryptocurrency exchange Gemini
Italy and Greece gave regulatory approval to exchange Gemini. The company is registered as an operator of virtual currencies with Italy's payments services authority...
Dec 05, 2022


Spain’s Central Bank to Launch Experimental Wholesale CBDC
On December 5, the Bank of Spain (BDE), the country's central bank, said that it intended to launch testing wholesale central bank digital currencies (CDBCs) and was looking for collaboration...
Dec 09, 2022


First test of CBDC Digital Turkish Lira was completed successfully
First test of CBDC Digital Turkish Lira was completed successfully. Recently Turkey's central bank CBRT released a statement indicating to carry out more trials through 2023...
Dec 31, 2022
