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John Winchcombe
John Winchcombe · Editor
CBDC News

Why Norges Bank Said No to a CBDC

Norges Bank has now published four reports that led it to conclude in December 2025 that introducing a CBDC was currently not warranted.

The reports describe the exploration work and the assessments underpinning that conclusion. Norges Bank will continue to explore tokenisation and different forms of CBDC in order to introduce a CBDC should it be necessary.

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