The Swiss central bank is already working with Corda’s Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) for its CBDC proof-of-concept in the proposed e-krona digital currency. Cecilia Skingsley, the bank’s deputy governor, confirmed this development while speaking yesterday at the CFC St. Moritz conference panel. Sweden had recently announced the commencement of e-krona’s exploratory phase.

According to Skingsley, Corda was recommended by Accenture, which began working with Riksbank as early as 2019 on the possibilities of a CBDC. This DLT provider was apparently selected because of its current fit with e-krona’s proposed criteria. Skingsley emphasized that,

“The reason we use Corda is not that we necessarily think that Corda is the best and optimal choice for an eventual future e-krona, but when we did our procurement process, the proposal from Accenture based on Corda we found was the one that fitted our criteria the best.”

With the exploratory phase kicking off, Sweden’s population, which is used to cashless money, could soon witness a transition to digital monetary policy as well. The country has been actively involved in CBDC research and development, ranking among the frontrunners in this space. Nonetheless, Skingsley noted that the developments are but an exploration into the CBDC ecosystem,

“Although we are exploring this issue, the Riksbank has not decided to issue an e-krona. We are still in the phase when we are investigating different options.”

Other prominent jurisdictions like the U.S and France have also started the year with a keen interest in the value proposition in CBDCs. The Fed Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell recently mentioned in an interview that CBDCs are of high priority in the combat against ‘bad private money.’ Meanwhile, China has continued with the digital yuan pilot, having rolled out ATMs in the Shenzhen region.

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