Recap of the CBDC Conference 2022
by Digital Euro Association on Sep 20, 2022 9:00:00 AM
The much anticipated CBDC Conference was held in Frankfurt, Germany, from August 29-31, 2022. This leading central bank digital currency (CBDC) conference offered representatives from central banks, the financial sector, technology providers, policymakers, and academics the perfect pl …
Article Series - CBDC pilots and research, lessons for the digital euro
by Juan Gutierrez and Thomas Haas on Sep 19, 2022 10:30:00 AM
Introduction Central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) have evolved in just a few years from a purely academic discussion to an intense debate among central banks around the world about the future of public and private digital money. As of 2022, most central banks are at least conductin …
Digital Euro Association contributes to Public Hearing on the digital euro
by Dr. Jonas Gross and Conrad Kraft on Sep 14, 2022 8:44:28 AM
On 7 September 2022, the European Economic and Social Committee hosted a public hearing entitled "A Digital Euro: Challenges and Opportunities". The hearing brought together experts from around Europe to discuss the institutional considerations of introducing a digital euro, as well a …
Digital Euro Association partners with the Central Bank of Hungary
by Digital Euro Association on Sep 12, 2022 11:49:55 AM
The Digital Euro Association (DEA) is delighted to announce its partnership with Magyar Nemzeti Bank (MNB), the Central Bank of Hungary. The MNB has established a platform called MNB Innovation Hub for consultation with innovative private sector firms and established a regulatory test …
Digital Euro Association partners with Payment and Financial Technologies Development Center of the National Bank of Kazakhstan
by Digital Euro Association on Sep 5, 2022 10:00:00 AM
The Digital Euro Association (DEA) is delighted to announce its partnership with the Payment and Financial Technologies Development Center of NBK (PFTDC). The PFTDC has been running the Digital Tenge pilot project since 2021 in order to test a tokenized form of the digital tenge for u …
Stablecoin and CBDC News Digest, August 2022
by Sarah Palurovic, Tamara Ferreira Schmidt, Conrad Kraft on Aug 30, 2022 7:30:00 AM
The world of digital money moves quickly and is time consuming to keep up to date with. To keep you up to speed with the most important pieces of news that have lasting implications especially for stablecoins and CBDCs, the monthly Stablecoin and CBDC News Digest takes care of it for …
A successful implementation of a Digital Euro depends on solving the “CBDC Design Trilemma”
by Cizar Bachir Brahim on Aug 24, 2022 11:11:00 AM
Blockchain can be defined as a system that sometimes sacrifices performance for the sake of increased security and decentralisation (Nakamoto, 2008). To become a useful retail CBDC, any chosen digital euro implementation should perform as fast as other competing payment systems such a …
Stablecoins: An introduction and recommendations for the EU
by Digital Euro Association on Aug 24, 2022 8:30:00 AM
Since the Digital Euro Association’s Private Digital Euro Working Group started writing their paper at the beginning of 2022, the world of stablecoins has changed more dramatically than any of us could have imagined.
Stablecoin and CBDC News Digest, July 2022
by Conrad Kraft, Sarah Palurovic on Aug 19, 2022 7:45:00 AM
The world of digital money moves quickly and is time consuming to keep up to date with. To keep you up to speed with the most important pieces of news that have lasting implications especially for stablecoins and CBDCs, the monthly Stablecoin and CBDC News Digest takes care of it for …
OPINION – The Digital Yuan as a tool for Cross-Border Payments
by Oriol Caudevilla on Aug 17, 2022 10:01:00 AM
In early January, the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) launched the Digital Yuan wallet apps for Android and iOS.