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The global central bank umbrella organization known as the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) has released a blueprint for the future of central bank digital currencies (CBDCs).<\/p>\n
In its new annual economic reports<\/a>the BIS deploys the language of the blockchain and smart contract industry, saying the tokenization of fiat currency \u201chas great potential\u201d but requires a privately controlled and unified system to make it happen.<\/p>\n \u201cAs well as improving existing processes through the seamless integration of transactions, a unified ledger could harness programmability to enable arrangements that are currently not practical, thereby expanding the universe of possible economic outcomes. <\/em><\/p>\n Multiple ledgers \u2013 each with a specific use case \u2013 might coexist, interlinked by application programming interfaces to ensure interoperability as well as promote financial inclusion and a level playing field.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n In its report, the BIS takes the opportunity to bash the crypto industry’s push to create systems of value that do not depend on the need to trust banks, politicians and middlemen.<\/p>\n \u201cCrypto and decentralized finance (DeFi) have offered a glimpse of tokenisation’s promise, but crypto is a flawed system that cannot take on the mantle of the future of money. <\/em><\/p>\n Not only is crypto self-referential, with little contact with the real world, it also lacks the anchor of the trust in money provided by the central bank.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n The BIS says the banking industry’s attempts to create privatized blockchain systems to tokenize fiat currency have to date created disjointed \u201csilos\u201d that lack the ability to communicate and work together.<\/p>\n The organization calls its CBDC blueprint “game-changing” and says the key is fostering a system that ensures banks around the world have the ability to connect to a unified ledger that allows financial institutions to transfer value between one another.<\/p>\n \u201cThe key elements of the blueprint are CBDCs, tokenised deposits and other tokenised claims on financial and real assets. The blueprint envisages these elements being brought together in a new type of financial market infrastructure (FMI) \u2013 a ‘unified ledger’.<\/em><\/p>\n The full benefits of tokenisation could be harnessed in a unified ledger due to the settlement finality that comes from central bank money residing in the same venue as other claims. Leveraging trust in the central bank, a shared avenue of this kind has great potential to enhance the monetary and financial system.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n The BIS says its vision would, if necessary, also allow banks to link multiple ledgers together to ensure interoperability and “promote financial inclusion and a level playing field.”<\/p>\n Don’t Miss a Beat SUBSCRIBE<\/a> to get email alerts delivered directly to your inbox <\/span><\/em>
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