(Bloomberg) — Analysts at Goldman Sachs Group Inc. are reluctant to call the worst is over for the shekel after a “significant” risk premium built up in the Israeli currency as a result of domes...
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Bank of Israel Digital Shekel CBDC Trial Highlights Risk of Unsupervised Smart Contracts
After extensive digital shekel CBDC research lasting almost a year, Israel’s central bank believes that smart contracts should fall under its supervision. After a two-stage digital shekel trial, the B...
Public Consultations Reveal Positive Interest in Bank of Israel’s Digital Shekel – Finance Bitcoin News
A survey carried out by the central bank of Israel has returned mostly positive responses from stakeholders regarding the possible issuance of a digital shekel currency. Many of the participants in th...
Israel joined the CBDC race, testing of Digital Shekel started
Many countries out there are working on developing their own central bank backed currency, considering the demands and public interest towards digital currencies Recent reports stated that the biggest...
Israeli Policymakers Test the Limits and Risks of Digital Shekel: Report
In the quest not to fall behind in its drive to develop a central bank-backed digital currency (CBDC), policymakers in Israel reportedly tested stakeholders’ views to determine the risks and limits of...