Bloomberg has reported that the Bank of Israel plans to use the second largest blockchain platform Ethereum for emitting a digital version of its currency shekel.
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The course cited by the Israeli financial daily edition Globes. No comments from the bank have followed yet.
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Other major countries at the moment are busy developing digital versions of their currencies – China is working on DCEP, Japan, South Korea, France and EU have also made public their intentions to launch CBDCs (central bank digital currencies).
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Earlier, the Deputy Governor of Bank of Israel has referred to Bitcoin as a “pyramid scam”.
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