The first nationwide CBDC was issued in the Bahamas late last year: the sand dollar is a digital version of the Bahamanian dollar, the first virtual currency of its kind. However, the Bahamas is by no means a pioneer of the concept. The People’s Bank of China has been exploring the advancement of its own digital currency for almost a decade and is expected to launch its digital yuan in the next two years. The European Central Bank has also been investigating potential avenues for the distribution of a digital…
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