The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) and the central banks of France, Singapore and Switzerland concluded a joint test of the cross-border trading and settlement of wholesale central bank digital currencies (CBDCs). The Banque de France issued the report on Sept. 28.
The so-called Project Mariana was developed by the Banque de France, the Monetary Authority of Singapore and the Swiss National Bank under the aegis of the BIS. It has tested the cross-border trading and settlement of hypothetical euro, Singapore dollar and Swiss franc CBDCs between simulated financial institutions using decentralized finance (DeFi) technology concepts on a public blockchain.