By David Attlee
Representatives of Banque de France, the French central bank, have embraced the global perspective on the central bank digital currency (CBDC) discussion, touting it as the foundation of a new international monetary system.
On Oct. 3, Denis Beau, the first deputy governor at Banque de France, called the CBDC “the catalyst for improving cross-border payments by enabling the build-up of a new international monetary system.”
Beau sees several paths for developing a CBDC.
- The first is the development of common standards and interoperability between wholesale CBDCs and legacy systems.
- The second – promoted by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) – is the development of regional or global CBDC platforms.
Wholesale CBDCs could be standardized to be exchanged directly on these platforms and perform payment versus payment and delivery versus payment transactions.
Beau cited the example of Project Mariana, which explored the possibilities of an automated market maker (AMM). The project, involving the Banque de France, the Monetary Authority of Singapore and the Swiss National Bank, successfully concluded in late September.
The official talked not only about the CBDCs but also about the tokenization of finance.
In his opinion, tokenized “central bank money availability” and tokenized assets are allies rather than competitors.
He expressed his belief that the public sector must support the private sector more to enable the full potential of blockchain while limiting the risks.
Source: Cointelegraph via ZeroHedge
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