The Bank of France (BDF) and the HKMA have announced a collaboration on wCBDC. The collaboration includes the HKMA's participation in the second wave of exploratory work in the European Central Bank's Eurosystem. The two institutions signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to innovate in the wCBDC and tokenization markets, with a focus on interoperability between the two institutions' infrastructure, BDF's DL3S, and the HKMA's Ensemble Sandbox. The collaboration aims to enhance real-time cross-border and cross-currency payments, optimize settlement efficiency, and promote interoperability between financial marekt infrastructures. Denis Beau, First Deputy Governor of the BDF, and Howard Lee, Deputy Commissioner of the HKMA, highlighted the potential of the scheme in promoting financial inclusion and driving the development of the global token market...