Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB) and the Barbados-based fintech company, Bitt Inc have signed a pact to conduct a blockchain-issued Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC).
It is a pilot project within the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union (ECCU).
This is the first of its kind in the world and will involve a securely minted and issued digital version of the EC dollar (DXCD).
Also, EC Dollar will be the world’s first digital legal tender currency to be issued by a central bank on blockchain.