On March 2 the Reserve Bank of Australia published the list of chosen use cases for its CBDC research project. A list of 14 use cases includes payment, tax automation, corporate bond settlement with ABE, and Web3 commerce with Mastercard.

The call for participants in Australian CBDC project pilot has received significant interest. At almost the same time, Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) cancelled its plans for its settlement system upgrade that utilized blockchain technology.