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MNI BRIEF: BIS Sees Central Bank Digital Currency Unavoidable

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Central bank adoption of digital currencies now appear to be unavoidable, according to Benoit Coeure, now the Bank for International Settlements lead voice on the issue, as he says 85% of central banks are studying them and 60% have some form of prototype, adding that "the train has left the station."

The BIS work, in a report published Wednesday, highlights ways that the hit to bank deposit taking from CBDCs could be cushioned and it makes a case for paying low, or no, interest rates on CBDCs and possibly tiering CBDC rates, but the BIS opposes putting a hard cap on the amount of CBDCs that can be held, as this would likely disrupt payment systems and hit liquidity.

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