Central Bank Digital Currency: A Primer

Central Bank Digital Currency: A Primer

There has been a lot of talk about central bank digital currency (CBDC) recently, as central bankers around the world are discussing the possibility of launching their own CBDCs. Some of the problems of CBDCs have been pointed out already (see, e.g., here and here),...
The Three Phases of Global Digital Currency Adoption

The Three Phases of Global Digital Currency Adoption

The following is a transcript of a presentation by Jeremy Allaire, co-founder and CEO of Circle, who spoke last week at the Hangzhou Blockchain Conference 2020 hosted by Hangzhou Future Sci-Tech City Management Committee and 8btc. “Hello, I’m Jeremy Allaire,...