National Bank of Ukraine releases draft concept for digital hryvnia
One of the design options for the Ukrainian CBDC describes the e-hryvnia available for usage in crypto exchange operations. The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) has introduced a draft concept for its Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) candidate digital hryvnia , or e- hryvnia . Ukraine’s central bank on Nov. 28 released a statement on the concept of e-hryvnia, which aims to perform all the functions of money by supplementing cash and non-cash forms of the hryvnia as its key purpose. The NBU said it has presented the e-hryvnia concept and continues developing the CBDC project with participants of the virtual assets market, payment firms and state bodies. According to the announcement, the central bank is currently considering and developing three possible CBDC options, depending on design and main characteristics. The first option describes the e- hryvnia for retail non-cash payments with the possible functionality of “programmed” money through smart contracts. A retail e- hryvnia...