Ledger Insights: Thursday July 28, 2022
DLT startup Millicent ran its first trials for its digital currency which is backed by funds held in a central bank account. A synthetic CBDC
UK startupMillicentreceived a grant fromUK Research and Innovationto develop a digital finance infrastructure. Earlier this month, it completed the first trials of its Full-Reserve Digital Currency (FRDC) as a demonstration within a sandbox environment. The FRDC is a distributed ledger (DLT) based currency, similar to astablecoin, where the funds that underpin the digital currency are []
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