only 6% of advanced economies (AE) central banks and 40% of emerging economies (EM) central banks are considering distributed ledger technology (DLT) as an implementation layer for retail CBDCs

Illya Gerasymchuk -

2025-08-28 09:05

only 6% of advanced economies (AE) central banks and 40% of emerging economies (EM) central banks are considering distributed ledger technology (DLT) as an implementation layer for retail CBDCs

here, consider DLT = blockchain

Illya Gerasymchuk 2025-08-28 00:11

91% of central banks are working on CBDCs, but not on a public blockchain

85 out of 93 central banks (≈94% of global economic output) are engaged in some form of CBDC work

however, don't expect CBDCs to be implemented on permissionless blockchains like Ethereum

🧵 91% of central banks are working on CBDCs, but not on a public blockchain

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