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Wholesale CBDC

German: Wholesale-CBDC

Central bank money for interbank and securities settlement on a distributed ledger; in several European trials the cash leg stayed in the RTGS system and the chain only triggered payment.

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Post-trade and settlement readers asking whether true atomic DvP in central bank money is available yet.

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Wholesale-CBDC Zentralbankgeld für die Abwicklung zwischen Banken und im Wertpapiergeschäft auf einem verteilten Register; in mehreren europäischen Versuchen verblieb die Geldseite im RTGS-System und die Chain löste die Zahlung lediglich aus.

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