Australia launches six-month CBDC wholesale trial with major banks and blockchain networks

10-7-2025 – Australia’s central bank has selected 24 industry participants including Commonwealth Bank, Westpac, and ANZ to test wholesale central bank digital currency (CBDC) and tokenized asset markets in a six-month trial under Project Acacia, the Reserve Bank of Australia announced today. The comprehensive trial will include 19 pilot use cases involving real money and [. . source: https://www.cointrackdaily.com/australia-launches-six-month-cbdc-wholesale-trial-with-major-banks-and-blockchain-networks/