India’s CBDC has 5M users, RBI in ‘no rush’ to launch it
India’s central bank digital currency (CBDC) now boasts over 5 million users and 16 participating banks in the pilot phase, but the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is in no rush to launch it publicly. Governor Shaktikanta Das confirmed the CBDC user numbers in a speech in Bengaluru. While he says that CBDC could significantly…