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by BSC News
December 15, 2023
The document addresses key challenges hindering CBDC adoption, including regulatory issues, consumer education, interoperability, digital identity verification, offline transaction access, and privacy concerns.
Ripple has taken a proactive stance on Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs), unveiling a comprehensive whitepaper that digs into the potential advantages and challenges associated with these digital forms of national currencies.
The 23-page document confronts critical hurdles impeding the widespread adoption of CBDCs. Ripple identifies challenges such as the absence of a unified regulatory framework, limited consumer education, interoperability issues among CBDCs, digital identity verification concerns, offline transaction access, and apprehensions regarding privacy and security.
Despite acknowledging these hurdles, Ripple expresses confidence that these challenges are not insurmountable.
Ripple underlines its commitment to the CBDC cause by actively engaging with central banks globally. The whitepaper reveals ongoing collaborations with central banks in Hong Kong, Palau, Colombia, Montenegro, Bhutan, and more than 20 others. Ripple sees CBDCs as catalysts for expanding financial inclusion, strengthening policy control, and streamlining cross-border payments.
The paper concludes on a positive note, projecting that CBDCs are expected to circulate $5 trillion during the next decade through major economies. Ripple views CBDCs as a transformative force in providing cost-effective financial services.
James Wallis, Ripple's Vice President, previously expressed optimism, stating that CBDCs offer streamlined payment options and credit establishment opportunities, even for individuals without prior connections to traditional financial institutions.
Ripple was founded in 2012 by Jed McCaleb and Chris Larsen and offers a digital payment protocol tailored for financial institutions. Its native token, XRP, serves as a mediator for value transfers across RippleNet and is at the core of Ripple's operations. XRP is trading at $0.6266, down 4% in the last seven days, as of writing,
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