Japan set to deploy digital yen pilot in April

After two years of experiments conducted by the Bank of Japan (BOJ), the launch of a digital yen pilot program is finally scheduled for April. According to a report from Reuters, BOJ executive director Shinichi Uchida said in a meeting with private-sector executives that their “hope is that the pilot programme will lead to improved designs through discussion with private businesses.”
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