Project Agorá, launched in April 2024 by the BIS Innovation Hub, is its largest public-private collaboration, testing a multi-currency unified ledger for wholesale cross-border payments. It builds on the BIS's "unified ledger" concept, exploring how tokenization and programmability can modernize correspondent banking without replacing the two-tier monetary system (commercial banks and central banks).
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XRPL (XRP Ledger) powers regulated Electronic Money Tokens (EMTs) under frameworks like the EU’s MiCA regulation through a native, efficient, and compliance-focused token architecture. Unlike programmable smart-contract platforms, XRPL embeds token issuance, transfers, liquidity, and regulatory controls directly into the protocol. This design delivers 3–5 second finality, sub-cent fees, and institutional-grade features without external layers.…