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Breaking momentum in Europe’s financial sector, the Czech National Bank (CNB) has purchased $1 million in digital assets — including Bitcoin, a USD-backed stablecoin, and a tokenised deposit — as part of a controlled test portfolio held outside its official reserves. The move positions the CNB among the first central banks actively experimenting with crypto and blockchain-based financial instruments.
Framed as a research initiative, the project aims to assess the technical, operational, and regulatory demands of managing digital assets. Bank officials emphasise that this is not a shift toward adding Bitcoin or other cryptocurrencies to the nation’s formal reserves, but rather a forward-looking effort to understand emerging financial technologies that could shape future global markets.
Findings from the experiment will be published over the next two to three years, offering valuable insights for both regulators and industry players as tokenised assets and blockchain-based payments continue gaining traction.
