Cointelegraph: French Central Bank Blockchain – Based On Central Banking And Debt Market

As a number of global jurisdictions like the Bahamas and Sweden are testing their central bank digital currencies (CBDC), French central bank is getting more straightforward News By CoinTelegraph.com News News The central bank of France continues actively exploring a central bank digital currency (CBDC), completing a significant trial of a blockchain-based CBDC in the country’s debt market. Over 500 institutions in France have participated in a 10-month experiment testing a CBDC issued by Banque de France for government bond deals, newspapers reported this week. The CBDC trial was led by Belgium-based financial services firm Euroclear and used a system developed by American technology giant IBM.