The Eastern Caribbean Central Bank plans to launch a pilot in 2020 of a blockchain-based digital version of the Eastern Caribbean dollar. This marks the first time that a central bank will have issued digital legal tender using the blockchain. ECCB is teaming up with Overstock-owned, Barbados-based, blockchain firm Bitt to pilot the blockchain-based central bank digital currency (CBDC). The venture will see the issuance of a digital version of the Eastern Caribbean dollar that will be distributed and used by licensed banks and non-banks in the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union (ECCU). ...
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