Bank of Japan: CBDC pilot hit 50,000 TPS, no decision on digital yen
- —BoJ pilot processed 50,000 TPS: 10,000 payments and 40,000 balance queries
- —Record splitting technique raised single-account throughput from 50–100 to 6,000 TPS
- —Target for a real launch is 500,000 TPS, including 100,000 payments
- —CBDC Forum to be cut from 7 to 3 groups, adding stablecoins and tokenization
Why it matters: Japan is testing digital yen infrastructure while opening a discussion on stablecoins, which affects regulation of private yen stablecoins.
Source: CoinGeek