The Bahamas Mandates Banks to Support its ‘Sand Dollar’ CBDC, Sets Two-Year Timeline

The Central Bank of The Bahamas, which launched world’s first digital fiat currency in 2020, is mulling to mandate banks to support its central bank digital currency (CBDC) – “Sand Dollar.”

The Bahamas has set an ambitious two-year timeline for commercial banks to fully adopt CBDC into their systems, Reuters reported. The central bank aims to foster Sand Dollar adoption across Bahamas-based banks.