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.

A report preceding the final stage of the ECB's investigation into a digital euro shows no signs of redeeming the idea that the project is failing those whom it intends to serve.

The electronics giant and the South Korean central bank this week signed an agreement to further improve the security of offline CBDC payments, following initial development of the technology during a pilot study last year.

Bank of Japan is advancing with its CBDC project. The central bank reported on the Phase 2 and moved to the pilot experiments.

The Central Bank of Russian Federation has been developing the country's first central bank digital currency – the Digital Ruble for several years. There have been announcements by authorities that it might be launched soon.

In the latest developments on eNaira, the central bank of Nigeria (CBN) has intensified efforts to push the adoption of eNaira, Nigeria's CBDC, on a nationwide scale.

In a speech earlier this month, the Deputy Governor of the Bank of England outlined four areas where the tokenization of money is now actively being explored by the United Kingdom’s central bank.

Zimbabwe is doubling its bet on the gold-based monetary system by adding more gold coins in circulation and planning digital coins backed by gold.