{"id":46328,"date":"2023-03-07T16:33:46","date_gmt":"2023-03-07T20:33:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/?p=46328"},"modified":"2023-03-09T04:16:46","modified_gmt":"2023-03-09T08:16:46","slug":"iran-finishes-pre-pilot-stage-of-its-cbdc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/iran-finishes-pre-pilot-stage-of-its-cbdc\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran Finishes Pre-pilot Stage Of Its CBDC"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Iran is making progress with its plans for a CBDC, having finished the necessary research for the future introduction of a <a href=\"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/digital-rial-testing-set-to-begin-in-iran-this-week.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">digital rial<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/croc_1678192200990-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Iran Finishes Pre-pilot Stage Of Its CBDC\" class=\"wp-image-46330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/croc_1678192200990-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/croc_1678192200990-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/croc_1678192200990-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/croc_1678192200990-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/croc_1678192200990-750x422.jpg 750w, https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/croc_1678192200990-1140x641.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/croc_1678192200990.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Iran Finishes Pre-pilot Stage Of Its CBDC<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>According to a formal announcement made by the Monetary and Banking Research Institute, the research arm of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI), the pre-pilot stage of developing Iran's <a href=\"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/bis-completes-retail-cbdc-pilot-called-project-icebreaker.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">central bank digital currency <\/a>(CBDC )has been completed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The revelation was revealed on February 20 at the ninth annual conference on electronic banking and payment systems by Mohammad Reza Mani Yekta, director of the CBI office for overseeing payment systems. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He mentioned that although Iran's central bank wants to gradually deploy the CBDC pilot in the nation's payment system, it has plans to expand its scope. Mani Yekta:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cThe pre-pilot phase ended successfully with valuable achievements. The project will soon be launched in other ecosystems and will be used by more users,\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>The government emphasized that a possible digital rial would follow the same regulations as rial banknotes. Mani Yekta further mentioned that the CBDC infrastructure would replicate some blockchain elements and that a digital rial would be distributed to people and banks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ten Iranian banks have apparently applied to participate in the digital rial project, according to Mani Yekta. During the experimental phase, banks like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?client=opera&q=Iran+Finishes+Pre-pilot+Stage+Of+Its+CBDC&sourceid=opera&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bank Melli, Bank Mellat, and Bank Tejarat<span class=\"wpil-link-icon\" title=\"Link goes to external site.\" style=\"margin: 0 0 0 5px;\"><svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" style=\"height:16px; width:16px; fill:#000000; stroke:#000000; display:inline-block;\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:svg=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><g id=\"wpil-svg-outbound-7-icon-path\" fill=\"none\" clip-path=\"url(#clip0_31_188)\">\r\n                            <path d=\"M9.16724 14.8891L20.1672 3.88908\" stroke-linecap=\"round\"\/>\r\n                            <path d=\"M13.4497 3.53554L20.5208 3.53554L20.5208 10.6066\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\"\/>\r\n                            <path d=\"M17.5 13.5L17.5 16.26C17.5 17.4179 17.5 17.9968 17.2675 18.4359C17.0799 18.7902 16.7902 19.0799 16.4359 19.2675C15.9968 19.5 15.4179 19.5 14.26 19.5L7.74 19.5C6.58213 19.5 6.0032 19.5 5.56414 19.2675C5.20983 19.0799 4.92007 18.7902 4.73247 18.4359C4.5 17.9968 4.5 17.4179 4.5 16.26L4.5 9.74C4.5 8.58213 4.5 8.0032 4.73247 7.56414C4.92007 7.20983 5.20982 6.92007 5.56414 6.73247C6.0032 6.5 6.58213 6.5 7.74 6.5L11 6.5\" stroke-linecap=\"round\"\/>\r\n                        <\/g>\r\n                        <defs>\r\n                            <clipPath id=\"clip0_31_188\">\r\n                                <rect fill=\"white\" height=\"24\" width=\"24\"\/>\r\n                            <\/clipPath>\r\n                        <\/defs><\/svg><\/span><\/a> were participating. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to reports, all banks and credit institutions in Iran will soon begin to provide electronic wallets for using the new digital currency. Following years of preliminary research since 2017, the CBI began planning to conduct a CBDC pilot in January 2022, as previously reported. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to reports, the regulator began implementing a CBDC trial in September 2022 with the goal of enhancing financial inclusion and competing with international stablecoins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The &#8220;crypto rial,&#8221; Iran's digital rial project, is pegged 1:1 to the Iranian rial, the country's official currency. According to reports, the digital currency is powered by a platform called Borna that was created using IBM's open-source enterprise <a href=\"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/sber-bank-integrates-metamask-into-its-blockchain-platform.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">blockchain platform<\/a> Hyperledger Fabric.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The announcement comes as Iranian authorities are ready to meet with Elvira Nabiullina, governor of the Bank of Russia, who is scheduled to visit Iran soon. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to reports, Russia and Iran have been collaborating to develop a stablecoin backed by gold that could be used as payment in international trade.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iran is making progress with its plans for a CBDC, having finished the necessary research for the future introduction of a digital rial. 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