Central Bank Digital Currencies - Examples and Prospects

Existing Currencies

Ecuador https://www.cato.org/blog/worlds-first-central-bank-electronic-money-has-come-gone-ecuador-2014-2018China https://www.investopedia.com/understanding-chinas-digital-yuan-5090699Senegal https://www.iafrikan.com/2016/11/24/senegal-to-introduce-a-new-blockchain-based-national-digital-currency-making-it-only-the-second-country-to-have-a-national-digital-currency/Singapore https://www.ledgerinsights.com/singapore-welcomes-digital-currency-cooperation-with-china/Tunisia https://www.asiablockchainreview.com/tunisia-unveils-central-bank-digital-currency/

Prospective Currencies

Sweden Takes Another Step Toward a Digital Currency https://www.investopedia.com/sweden-takes-another-step-toward-a-digital-currency-5092069Estonia launches central bank digital currency project https://www.ledgerinsights.com/estonia-launches-central-bank-digital-currency-cbdc-digital-euro-project/The Bank of Japan's Approach to Central Bank Digital Currency https://www.boj.or.jp/en/announcements/release_2020/rel201009e.htm/Palestinian officials hope to launch e-currency in 5 years https://www.reuters.com/article/us-palestinians-currency/palestinian-officials-hope-to-launch-e-currency-in-5-years-idUSKBN18820ARussia’s central bank digital currency: Prospects and problems https://cointelegraph.com/news/russia-s-central-bank-digital-currency-prospects-and-problems