The Central Bank of Tunisia (BCT) issued a statement today refuting news about the issue of a Central Bank Digital Currency, even in test form.
Last week we published an
article based on a Tass news report that the bank was testing an e-dinar. The piece started: “The ‘E-dinar’ was officially launched in test form at the Forex Club of Tunisia, with a symbolic transfer of one dinar between the head of the central bank, Marouane El Abassi, and a representative of the International Monetary Fund (IMF).”
If one glosses over the words “test” and “symbolic” then a misunderstanding is likely. However, it appears that the use of the term “officially” was not accurate.
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