CBDCs


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Imagining The Future Of Cryptocurrency: Privacy a "Massive" Concern

If national governments digitize their national currencies, who has access to the data it will create? CoinDesk Chief Content Officer Michael Casey and Wall Street Journal markets reporter Paul Vigna discuss the future of cryptocurrencies, including CBDCs, and cite privacy as a major emerging concern.

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Former CFTC Chairman Warns G7 Nations of Perils Getting CBDCs Wrong

Former CFTC Chairman J. Christopher Giancarlo says the U.S. has the opportunity to create a digital dollar with "aspirational desire" that protects user privacy rights and distinguishes itself from other CBDCs that may surveil its users.

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Markets

PayPal Wants to Be a CBDC Distributor

The digital currencies could be distributed through PayPal’s digital wallets, the company’s CEO said.

PayPal CEO Dan Schulman

Videos

G-7 Financial Leaders To Discuss CBDCs and Other Looming Crypto Questions Friday

As G-7 financial leaders meet Friday to discuss digital currency and digital taxation, coordinated efforts on part of the G-7 to set a standard for CBDCs are forthcoming. Global crypto leader Henri Arslanian weighs in on the potential impact on the rest of the world.

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Markets

Japan’s Finance Minister Calls on G7 to Discuss CBDCs at Talks Friday

The G7 meeting on Friday is a virtual meeting and will be the first since U.S. President Joe Biden was sworn into office on Jan. 20.

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Policy

Bank of Korea: CBDCs Are Fiat Currency Not Virtual Assets

Some legal changes would be needed before a potential central bank digital currency launch in South Korea, research indicates.

Bank of Korea

Markets

US Federal Reserve Looking to Hire a Manager to Research Stablecoins and CBDCs

Fed Chair Jerome Powell has said the central bank needs “better regulatory answers” for global stablecoins.

Federal Reserve building, Washington, D.C.

Finance

China, Singapore Look Ahead to CBDC Future at World Economic Forum

A former deputy governor of the People’s Bank of China compared notes with the chairman of the Monetary Authority of Singapore.

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Finance

The Future of Money in the Multiverse

It's 2028 and central banks, Big Tech companies and the "deplatformed" are establishing their own worlds of digital money.

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Policy

BIS Plans Platform for Testing Central Bank Digital Currencies in Cross-Border Payments

The new platform was announced as part of the BIS Innovation Hub's priorities and programs for 2021.

Benoit Coeure, head of the BIS Innovation Hub