Asia-Pacific CBDCs

Asia-Pacific is the deepest active-CBDC region in the registry, combining very large retail pilots such as China's e-CNY and India's e₹ with design-heavy pilots and programmable-money experiments in Hong Kong, Singapore, Japan, Thailand, and Indonesia.

• China and India represent the largest retail pilot footprints in the current dataset.
• Hong Kong and Singapore emphasize pilot experimentation and programmable-money or settlement design rather than consumer-scale rollout.
• Japan, Thailand, and Indonesia remain pilot-stage programmes with differing disclosure depth.