The Czech National Bank (CNB) has created a $1 million test portfolio of digital assets to gain practical experience with blockchain technology, though the holdings will not form part of its international reserves.
The portfolio, launched through the CNB’s innovation hub, includes bitcoin, US dollar pegged stablecoins and a tokenized dollar deposit. The $1 million acquisition value represents approximately 0.0006% of the central bank’s total assets.
The CNB emphasized the portfolio is purely experimental, designed to prepare the institution for potential tokenization and digitalization changes in the financial system. The central bank plans to assess the project in two to three years and will not increase the portfolio size during that period, with any value changes resulting only from market movements or small test trades.
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