
Today the Bank of Japan (BOJ) said it is forming a working group to explore central bank digital currencies (CBDC) in depth, Reuters reports. This follows the global interest in CBDC as well as a general focus on digital currencies.
The group will sit within the payments and settlements department and build on the digital currency work done so far. There is no express intention to release a CBDC
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