[South Korea plans to launch tokenized deposits and wCBDC pilots this year, with an expected number of users reaching 100,000] Golden Finance reported that the Korea Times quoted sources as saying that 100,000 people will participate in a large-scale pilot of tokenized deposits later this year. The newspaper said that deposit tokens will be "similar to using vouchers", which is consistent with previously announced plans. A year ago, the Bank of Korea announced plans to issue a wholesale central bank digital currency (wCBDC) to support interbank settlement of bank tokenized deposits. A pilot with up to 100,000 participants will begin in September or October this year. In June, two government agencies announced funding for a voucher project being developed by the central bank, in which deposit tokens can be used for welfare, culture, education and other services. However, today's report pointed out that the coupons in the pilot will be used to purchase goods at convenience stores.