BIS appoints digital currency expert as head of innovation center

According to Cointelegraph, the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) announced the appointment of Tommaso Mancini-Griffoli, Assistant Director of the IMF's Monetary and Capital Markets Department, as the new head of the Innovation Hub, starting in March 2026. He will promote projects such as CBDCs and tokenized assets, advocating for a public-private partnership model of "synthetic CBDCs."