Bank of Korea Scales Up CBDC Pilot With Half a Million Users

Published Jul 20, 2026 21:12 UTC

What the source reports

Phase 1 of Project Hangang opened 81,000 wallets with 42% of them using the CBDC. Phase 2 is bigger, and this time it moves real government money.

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