CBDC Manifesto: Design Recommendations for a retail CBDC
by Digital Euro Association on Oct 12, 2022 3:00:00 PM
On October 12th, the Digital Euro Association (DEA) and the CBDC Think Tank (CBDC TT) announced the CBDC Manifesto at the CBDC Summit 2022 in Washington D.C. The document was developed by the DEA, the CBDC TT, and world-leading CBDC experts.
Merchants - key to the success of the digital euro
by Maria Saenz De Buruaga on Oct 4, 2022 11:43:00 AM
As Fabio Panetta, member of the Executive Board of the ECB, suggested at the last Annual Congress of the European Economic Association in Milan, “the market for payments is two-sided”. In this sense, the success of the digital euro would largely depend on its adoption not only by cons …
CBDC Article Series - The Chinese digital yuan
by Digital Euro Association on Sep 28, 2022 11:31:31 AM
Authors - Dr. Jochen Biedermann and Juan Gutierrez. This is the second article in our Public Digital Euro Working Group series. The objective of this article is to provide an updated perspective on the e-CNY (aka e-RMB, Digital Yuan, Digital Renminbi - the Chinese CBDC) for those alre …
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 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 …
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 …
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.
Ahead of the digital euro: Public Digital Euro Working Group Recommendations
by Digital Euro Association on Aug 16, 2022 2:30:00 PM
Which primary characteristics must a digital euro possess to guarantee being a serious alternative to physical money in the future? The answer to this question is provided by systematically reviewing three different levels of analysis. First, the various design dimensions of a digital …
Hyperledger Global Forum 2022
by Digital Euro Association on Aug 12, 2022 9:30:00 AM
Join us at the upcoming Hyperledger Global Forum. This global forum is the biggest annual gathering of the global Hyperledger community. It is a unique opportunity for contributors, members, service providers and enterprise end users from around the world to meet, align, plan and hack …