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.

Bank of Japan unveils blockchain sandbox for testing central bank digital settlements, tokenized money, and smart contracts in wholesale and retail systems.

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

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, ...