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Chainlink, Microsoft, Banco Inter collaborate on Brazil’s CBDC pilot

The Drex phase two pilot leverages Chainlink’s CCIP and Microsoft’s cloud infrastructure to innovate trade finance automation.

Banco Central do Brasil (BCB), Brazil’s central bank, has launched phase two of its Drex central bank digital currency (CBDC) pilot, targeting improvements in cross-border agricultural commodity transactions and supply chain processes.

Phase two focuses on building a trade finance solution using oracles and blockchain technology. The initiative brings together Microsoft, Chainlink, Banco Inter and 7Comm to explore automated trade settlements.

Chainlink, a decentralized oracle provider, will provide its Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP) to facilitate secure cross-platform transactions and enable a delivery-versus-payment (DvP) blockchain-based mechanism to improve transparency and efficiency.

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Brazil tests DeFi elements, compatibility in Drex CBDC pilot

Brazil’s central bank is developing a synthetic central bank digital currency, which aims to blend decentralization, privacy and programmability.

Brazil is incorporating decentralized finance (DeFi) principles into ongoing experiments toward developing its in-house “synthetic” central bank digital currency (CBDC), Drex, which was previously called the digital Brazilian real. 

On Oct. 3, Roberto Campos Neto, president of Banco Central do Brasil, highlighted the country’s need for a multidimensional CBDC that addresses the “trilemma” of decentralization, privacy and programmability — challenges that traditional markets have struggled to resolve simultaneously.  

While presenting for a Markus’ Academy presentation on The Future of Financial Intermediation, Neto said:

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