It looks unlikely that a digital pound will launch in the U.K. any time soon as an election beckons. The digital shekel challenge, updates on India CBDC progress and other news in this week's roundup

Are European Central Banks too slow on the CBDC track? Let's hear what the governors say. Also, in this roundup, the U.S. commercial banks fighting actively for their share of the crypto custody markets and even developing their own digital asset network.