We see the move for central banking digital currencies. We see the integration happening between the Bank for International Settlements, the central banks, and then to the intermediate central bank and the facilitating institutions like the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank out of DC openly talking about this stuff now is no longer conspiracy theory, it's conspiracy fact headed our way.
There is a report that was prepared by the IMF, the International Monetary Fund, presented to the executive board in an informal session on April, April 7th of 2023. The level of global interest in central bank digital currencies CBDCs is unprecedented. Retail CBDC issuance is being explored in over 100 countries. That's over 50% of the nations on the planet. It is limited, but it won't be much longer because remember, this was in April. And let me just explain to the listeners just how far this has come. Since April of 2023, Ripple (XRP) had in February this year, three countries that had signed on to be able to have Ripple be the transactional platform for central bank digital currencies or a centralized digital token. Two months ago, Ripple announced they had 30 countries. Two weeks ago, they have three and they have another 70 countries waiting to get on their platform sometime between now and middle to the end of next year.
The IMF wants to monitor and advise on all digital money developments for all of its members. What they're saying is the IMF will be the mother ship all other central banks as well as the Bank of International Settlements. The March of 2018 whitepaper, the BIS document, clearly outlines the globalization of the CBDCs among all the central bank members who all have to clear through BIS. This document clearly has said they will control money transfers in over 100 countries, over 50 to 60% of the nations. But the 100 countries, they're talking about control around 85% of all money transfers.
