The central banks are all closely involved with each other. It makes sense

k00b

New Zealand is a bit slow to the game, but we have one in the works too … https://www.rbnz.govt.nz/have-your-say/closed-consultations/future-of-money---central-bank-digital-currency

chungkingexpress

South Africa's in on it too now https://businesstech.co.za/news/finance/644687/reserve-bank-talks-up-digital-rand-for-south-africa/

shyfire

bitcoin

Gathering up a couple of threads across various posts, check this out:

USA: https://twitter.com/Marketsbylili/status/1592555793915998208
EU: https://reclaimthenet.org/digital-euro-spending-saving-limits/
Australia: https://www.rba.gov.au/payments-and-infrastructure/central-bank-digital-currency/pdf/australian-cbdc-pilot-for-digital-finance-innovation-white-paper.pdf
UK: https://twitter.com/BitcoinMagazine/status/1584643197849870336

Coincidence? 