{"id":563494,"date":"2026-03-03T08:53:23","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T08:53:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/03\/03\/bank-of-japan-testing-blockchain-settlement-for-bank-deposits-in-new-sandbox\/"},"modified":"2026-03-03T08:53:23","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T08:53:23","slug":"bank-of-japan-testing-blockchain-settlement-for-bank-deposits-in-new-sandbox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/03\/03\/bank-of-japan-testing-blockchain-settlement-for-bank-deposits-in-new-sandbox\/","title":{"rendered":"Bank of Japan testing blockchain settlement for bank deposits in new sandbox"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.cointelegraph.com\/images\/840_aHR0cHM6Ly9zMy5jb2ludGVsZWdyYXBoLmNvbS91cGxvYWRzLzIwMjYtMDMvMDE5Y2IyN2EtZGQ3Mi03MTkwLTg2ZGMtNTlkYTcxNzUxOWVmLmpwZw==.jpg\" alt=\"Bank of Japan testing blockchain settlement for bank deposits in new sandbox\" class=\"type:primaryImage\" \/><\/p>\n<p>BOJ Governor Kazuo Ueda said the experiments will examine links between blockchain systems and Japan\u2019s existing settlement infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>The Bank of Japan will conduct technical experiments using blockchain technology to settle deposits held at the central bank by financial institutions, according to BOJ Governor Kazuo Ueda.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In a speech posted Tuesday titled \u201cThe New Financial Ecosystem and the Role of Central Banks,\u201d Ueda <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boj.or.jp\/en\/about\/press\/koen_2026\/ko260303a.htm\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">said<\/a> a sandbox project is underway to test settlement using central bank money \u201cin the form of current account deposits on a system that uses blockchains.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-ct-non-breakable=\"undefined\">The experiments will explore \u201cmethods of connection with the existing system\u201d and examine use cases, including \u201cdomestic interbank settlement and securities settlement.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/boj-blockchain-reserve-settlement-sandbox\">Read more<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BOJ Governor Kazuo Ueda said the experiments will examine links between blockchain systems and Japan\u2019s existing settlement infrastructure. The Bank of Japan will conduct technical experiments using blockchain technology to settle deposits held at the central bank by financial institutions, according to BOJ Governor Kazuo Ueda.\u00a0 In a speech posted Tuesday titled \u201cThe New Financial [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":563495,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-563494","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-blockchain"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/563494","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=563494"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/563494\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/563495"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=563494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=563494"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=563494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}