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RBA Glossary definition for CBDC
CBDC – Central Bank digital currency - used to refer to a digital version of fiat currency, a form of digital money that is a liability of the central bank rather than a commercial bank and which is legal tender. Similar to cash and commercial bank deposits, a CBDC would be denominated in the sovereign currency and convertible at par with other forms of money.
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Digital Currencies
12 Aug 2022
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What are the main differences between cryptocurrencies and CBDCs? In other words, what makes a CBDC money? ... The Reserve Bank remains cautious about whether issuing a CBDC would be in the public interest.
https://www.rba.gov.au/education/resources/explainers/pdf/cryptocurrencies.pdf
Modernising Australia's Payments System
11 Mar 2024
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Speech - 2023
https://www.rba.gov.au/speeches/2023/pdf/sp-gov-2023-12-12.pdf
Abbreviations
9 Aug 2023
RBA Annual Report
- 2022
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https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/annual-reports/rba/2022/pdf/abbreviations.pdf
The Future of Payments: Cryptocurrencies, Stablecoins or Central Bank Digital Currencies?
26 Nov 2021
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They have also questioned the idea that the Fed needs to introducea CBDC to compete with foreign CBDCs, cryptocurrencies or stablecoins. ... Given the possibility that the balance could shift towards a case for issuance of retail CBDCs, theBank has been
https://www.rba.gov.au/speeches/2021/pdf/sp-so-2021-11-18.pdf
Payments: The Future?
8 Dec 2021
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This would be a form of retail central bank digital currency (CBDC) – oran eAUD. ... Yesterday, we released the report on Project Atom, which is a wholesale CBDC research project weconducted with four external parties.
https://www.rba.gov.au/speeches/2021/pdf/sp-gov-2021-12-09.pdf
Bulletin September Quarter 2020
9 Jun 2021
Bulletin
- September 2020
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https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2020/sep/pdf/bulletin-2020-09.pdf
Retail Central Bank Digital Currency: Design Considerations and Rationales
15 Oct 2020
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How Might a Retail CBDC Be Designed?Because most central banks are only in the early stages of considering issuing retail CBDCs, theattributes and design features of a possible CBDC are ... Proponents of CBDCs have suggested that aretail CBDC that was
https://www.rba.gov.au/speeches/2020/pdf/sp-so-2020-10-14.pdf
RBAFOI-222319 - Document for Release
6 Dec 2022
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briefings for Deputy Governor appearance at Senate Estimates on 10 November 2022
https://www.rba.gov.au/information/foi/disclosure-log/pdf/222319.pdf
Policymaking at the Reserve Bank
18 Oct 2022
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Speech - 2022
https://www.rba.gov.au/speeches/2022/pdf/sp-dg-2022-10-18.pdf
Payments System Board Annual Report 2023
11 Oct 2023
PSB Annual Report
- 2023
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https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/annual-reports/psb/2023/pdf/psb-annual-report-2023.pdf