Japan’s central bank is running blockchain settlement experiments and advancing tokenized central bank money initiatives ahead of a 2026 decision on issuing a digital yen.

By Leika Kihara TOKYO, March 3 (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan will conduct experiments for using blockchain technology to settle deposits that financial institutions park with the central bank, ...

Bank of Japan launches blockchain sandbox to test reserve settlements with central bank deposits, eyeing better interoperability and efficiency ...

Japan’s central bank says a sandbox is underway to examine settlement using current account deposits, while warning of smart ...