Colombian Tax Commissioner: Colombia will launch CBDC

[Colombia Taxation Commissioner: Colombia will launch CBDC] News on August 17. Recently, Luis Carlos Reyes, head of the Colombian Taxation and Customs Administration (DIAN), said that the Colombian government will launch a central bank digital currency to make consumption more convenient. A central bank digital currency (CBDC) is a digital version of a country's legal tender, similar to the dollar or euro backed by a central bank. (Decrypt)

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