A blockchain based, retail central bank digital currency system (CBDC).
Register hereSoramitsu is a global technology company from Japan that focuses on delivering blockchain solutions for enterprises, governments and universities. In the third volume of our Conversations on the Ledger webinar series, Soramitsu will share challenges and lessons learned of building a retail central bank digital currency system for the Kingdom of Cambodia.
You’ll be able to learn about the whole system they implemented and its success! Since launch: Bakong’s overall system reaches about 5.9 million users – including those reached indirectly through member bank mobile apps; and for the first half of 2021 there were a total of 1.4 million transactions recorded, amounting to a value of about USD $500 million. If you want to learn more about this project, register here!
About Soramitsu:
Makoto Takemiya – CEO
Naturalized Japanese- Co-Founder of Soramitsu
- Former research engineer in neuroinformatics at ATR in Kyoto, Japan
- Authored 20+ peer-reviewed scientific papers
Naturalized JapaneseAndrew Wong – COO
- 10+ years of technology expertise
- Roles include Yahoo!, Yahoo! JAPAN, Liquid (Quoine) and 8 Securities (acquired by SoFi, NASDAQ ticker: SOFI)
- Originally from Silicon Valley
- Harvard University, NYU STERN
Katsuhiro Otake – CFO
- Decades of experience at major investment banks, including Goldman Sachs and Merrill Lynch
- Former CFO of a leading Japanese crypto exchange
James Edwards – Chief Researcher
- PhD from UCLA
- Extensive research on market transformation and market-based societies
- Extensive experience on projects for governmental and civil society organizations
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