NY Fed, banks wrap up regulated liabilities network proof-of-concept using wCBDC By Cointelegraph

The Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s Innovation Center (NYIC) has completed its proof-of-concept of a regulated liability network (RLN) in conjunction with nine large financial institutions and the Swift network. The project created theoretical infrastructure to exchange and settle commercial bank deposit tokens and central bank liabilities using distributed ledger technology and a simulated central bank digital currency (CBDC) in the United States.

Asset transfers are currently carried out through messaging along the chain of the parties involved. Messaging takes place almost instantly, but settlement does not, Tony McLaughlin, head of emerging payments and business development at Citi Treasury and Trade Solutions, said in a webinar introducing the project results.