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The Reserve Bank of Australia has revealed it's continuing to research a central bank digital currency less than a month after stating that there was no need for one.
"We will be continuing to consider the case for a CBDC, including how it might be designed, the potential benefits and policy implications, and the conditions in which significant demand for a CBDC might emerge."
Richards added that the public policy case for issuing a general purpose or retail CBDC in Australia is still to be made.
According to reports in mid-September, the RBA was highly skeptical and did not believe there was a strong policy case for issuing a CBDC at the time.
Richards added that while Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are based on public blockchains, this would not necessarily be the case for a CBDC which may be developed using a permissioned and centralized digital ledger.
The RBA is also looking at a number of factors that could help shape a potential CBDC, continued Richards, such as whether it would be account-based or token-based, and whether it could be used offline.
Richards also revealed that separate to the central bank's work monitoring cases for a retail CBDC, it is conducting research on the technological and policy implications of a potential wholesale CBDC which would be accessible to a more limited range of financial entities.
Richards stated that the Bank has an open mind on CBDCs and will continue to monitor developments in this area, adding;.
"If some jurisdictions do move towards full implementations of CBDC, there will be many central banks like us who will be closely watching,".
Reserve Bank of Australia still researching the CBDC it says it doesn't need
Published on Oct 14, 2020
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