person

Agustin Carstens

Mexican economist and central banker who served as general manager of the Bank for International Settlements.

Current clusters

invest3 publishers

Saudi Arabia's central bank exits mBridge after a single proof of concept

SAMA says it finished the proof of concept it joined to run and stopped there. The platform it left has cleared more than $55bn, a 2,500-fold rise that works back to roughly $22m of traffic in 2022.

Publishers:cointelegraph.comfortune.comscmp.com

Perspective Coverage

3 publishers

Builder: Builder 15%
Operator: Operator 35%
Investor: Investor 50%

Reality

Evidence62
Adoption48
Hype gap+30
Incentives65
Confidence60

invest3 publishers

SAMA leaves mBridge eleven months after upgrading to full participant

The Saudi central bank spent about two years on China's CBDC settlement rail without committing to it. The four central banks still on mBridge now take a platform with roughly $55.5bn of volume toward commercial rollout, and the BIS is gone.

Publishers:cryptobriefing.comen.sedaily.compymnts.com

Perspective Coverage

3 publishers

Builder: Builder 19%
Operator: Operator 38%
Investor: Investor 43%

Reality

Evidence62
Adoption58
Hype gap+20
Incentives55
Confidence66