The Bank for International Settlements’ Annual Economic Report 2023 dedicates a significant portion to a ‘Blueprint for the future monetary system’, covering tokenization, CBDCs, smart contracts, and a proposed unified ledger.

The recent fine-tuning amendments to Russia's digital ruble legislation indicate an ever-closer launch of the country's Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC)

Project Rosalind provides a communication layer between both account-based and token-based ledgers maintained by a central bank and user front-ends developed by ecosystem service and payment interface providers.

The Bank of Thailand is running a pilot for its retail CBDC with the staff of three payment service providers and merchants situated around their head offices.

The third round of the e-krona project's practical tests, which were completed in April, focused on the practical implementation of the Riksbank's potential CBDC.

The European Central Bank has published reports on its recent market research and prototyping activities, during which it was both told, and shown, that launching a digital euro CBDC to its currently proposed specification is inherently possible.

The Bank of Canada is back on the CBDC scene with a recently launched survey of citizens. The initiative also aims at educating and raising awareness on the subject.

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority launched its e-HKD Pilot Programme last Thursday. The scheme will involve 16 firms from the finance, payments and technology sectors, including Ripple, which will showcase a real estate tokenization solution.