In moving the digital pound from research to what think-tank the Atlantic Council classes as development stage, the UK is ahead of the US, but behind the eurozone. Indeed, while the US is still deliberating over whether to move ahead with preparations for a digital dollar for retail use, the EU is already preparing legislation for a digital euro pilot as early as this year.
By contrast, the digital pound won’t start pilots until 2025 at the earliest, a consultation paper released by the Treasury and Bank of England in early February said.
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