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Latin America CBDCs
Latin American profiles include pilot initiatives with retail and wholesale experimentation.
Jurisdictions Covered
- Brazil
- Bahamas
- Jamaica
- Mexico
Cross-Border Projects
- Project Agorá
Reference Answers
Audited answers for common page-level questions, with citations and date context.
What is the Latin America CBDC mix in the registry?
medium confidenceAs of 2026-04-22Latin America combines two live retail programmes and one major pilot in the current registry snapshot: the Bahamas Sand Dollar and Jamaica JAM-DEX are live, while Brazil's Drex remains one of the region's most important pilots.
- Sand Dollar and JAM-DEX are the live retail programmes in the current Latin America set.
- Drex remains pilot-stage and is not treated as a live retail CBDC.
- The region combines live deployment evidence with a major still-piloting programme.
Citations
- Sand Dollar Official Websitecentral bank · T1
- JAM-DEX - Bank of Jamaicacentral bank · T1
- Drex - Banco Central do Brasilcentral bank · T1
Caveats
- This answer focuses on the tracked programmes, not every digital-payments initiative in the region.
Latin America Program Profiles
PilotSupportive
Brazil Drex (Digital Real)
🏛Banco Central do Brasil
Wholesale✓
highconfidence
⚙️
Updated Apr 2026View Details→
LiveSupportive
Bahamas Sand Dollar
🏛Central Bank of The Bahamas
Retail👛
133Kwallets
✓
highconfidence
📴
Updated Apr 2026View Details→
LiveSupportive
Jamaica JAM-DEX (Jamaica Digital Exchange)
🏛Bank of Jamaica
Retail👛
282Kwallets
💰
$9Mannual
✓
mediumconfidence
📴
Updated Mar 2026View Details→
ResearchSupportive
Mexico MDBC (Moneda Digital del Banco Central)
🏛Banco de México
Retail🤝Project Agorá(participant)
⚙️
Updated Feb 2026View Details→