Johannes Duong graduated with Master in computer science at the Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU-Wien). He currently works in Treasury BACK-office department for Settlement and Collateral Management in the Austrian National Bank (OeNB). He is also responsible for the Blockchain research projects (DELPHI and CITADEL).

Oesterreichische Nationalbank (OeNB) is the central bank of Austria.

Research project DELPHI

 The Oesterreichische Nationalbank (OeNB) joined forces with the OeKB CSD GmbH, the Österreichische Bundesfinanzierungsagentur (OeBFA), Raiffeisen Bank International AG and Erste Group Bank AG to launch a joint research project dubbed DELPHI (Delivery vs. Payment Hybrid Initiative). In this research project, the involved parties aim to simulate both the issuance and settlement of Austrian government bonds as security tokens with a wholesale cbdc on a blockchain platform.