United States of America
Working Group: Finance - CBDCs
Government Body: Federal Reserve System
Key Issue: CBDC
Type of Action: Internal Project
Status: In Progress
Next Steps: To be published
Summary: The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston announced that it is collaborating with the Digital Currency Initiative at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) for technical research related to a central bank digital currency (CBDC). This is a multi-year effort aimed at broadening the understanding of CBDCs.
Date: 13 August 2020