{"id":60773,"date":"2023-10-04T06:25:14","date_gmt":"2023-10-04T10:25:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/?p=60773"},"modified":"2023-10-04T06:25:34","modified_gmt":"2023-10-04T10:25:34","slug":"bank-of-korea-to-launch-infrastructure-pilot-for-cbdc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/bank-of-korea-to-launch-infrastructure-pilot-for-cbdc\/","title":{"rendered":"Bank of Korea to Launch Infrastructure Pilot for CBDC"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Private banks and public institutions will participate in the pilot, and the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) will provide <a href=\"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/bank-for-international-settlement-bis-to-launch-market-intelligence-platform.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">technical support<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2TPJ6ECX4JBPTB3637AX4ZB4KA-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Bank of Korea to Launch Infrastructure Pilot for CBDC\" class=\"wp-image-60778\" srcset=\"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2TPJ6ECX4JBPTB3637AX4ZB4KA-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2TPJ6ECX4JBPTB3637AX4ZB4KA-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2TPJ6ECX4JBPTB3637AX4ZB4KA-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2TPJ6ECX4JBPTB3637AX4ZB4KA-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2TPJ6ECX4JBPTB3637AX4ZB4KA-1320x880.jpg 1320w, https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2TPJ6ECX4JBPTB3637AX4ZB4KA-750x500.jpg 750w, https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2TPJ6ECX4JBPTB3637AX4ZB4KA-1140x760.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2TPJ6ECX4JBPTB3637AX4ZB4KA.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>South Korea researches central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) alongside an increasing number of countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Bank of Korea (BOK) will initiate a pilot initiative to investigate the technical infrastructure for a digital currency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The BOK, the Financial Services Commission (FSC), and the Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) jointly announced the CBDC pilot on October 4.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The document states that the initiative will evaluate the viability of a future monetary system based on &#8220;wholesale CBDCs.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Private banks and public institutions will participate in the pilot, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/bis-chief-urges-countries-to-update-legal-frameworks-for-cbdcs.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bank for International Settlements<\/a> (BIS) will provide technical support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The BOK will evaluate both retail and wholesale CBDC products. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, within the experimental framework of the latter, banks will tokenize their deposits and circulate them across the network under the supervision of the BOK, FSC, and FSS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The live testing of the retail CBDC should commence immediately following the system's installation in Q4&nbsp;2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As is typical with CBDC tests, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bok.or.kr\/eng\/main\/main.do\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">the BOK<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; 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