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In this episode, Valentin Seehausen talks with Jannah Patchay about the fungibility and interoperability of CBDC.

Jannah works for the Digital Pound Foundation and is specialized in financial markets innovation, and in helping firms to define, develop and execute their commercial strategies in a highly regulated environment. Her passion lies in building the capital markets of the future, harnessing emerging technology to create new and innovative financial services and products that can promote wider social benefit and greater access to financial services.

In this episode, Valentin Seehausen talks with Franklin Noll about Stablecoins, Synthetic CBDC, and the general history of cryptocurrencies. Noll Historical Consulting assists clients in succeeding in the cryptocurrency, monetary, and payments fields by providing inside knowledge of those worlds and by providing the expertise needed to develop and promote successful projects.

Focusing on the technology of money, past, present, and future, Noll Historical Consulting helps those working with banknotes, stablecoins, Central Bank Digital Currencies, and more. Just some of the services available are shown below.

Central banks around the world have stepped in and intensified their efforts to conceptualize and design their own digital currencies, i.e., central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), in particular, as a reaction to the increased competitive dynamics by the cryptocurrencies and stablecoins. Asia has a particular importance and critical leading efforts in this space with various Asian central banks assessing and experimenting with CBDCs. For instance, China has launched pilot programs and trials of its digital currency project e-CNY. Goals of the e-CNY include to provide a convenient, yet more efficient, resilient and secure retail payment system to increase financial inclusion...

In this episode of the DEA Podcast, Manuel Klein interviews Miguel Fernandez Ordoñez, the former president of the Spanish central bank. They discuss why Miguel believes that we need new forms of money, and what these new forms of money bring with them economically. Miguel also explains, which role he foresees for the state, central banks, commercial banks, and other non-banking institutions, e.g. Stablecoin-providers in this new world, in which CBDC plays a larger role.

Be sure to tune in to learn arguments for a system, in which CBDC or 100% backed Stablecoins become the dominant form of money in...

In this episode of the Digital Euro Podcast, DEA Executive Director Conrad Kraft sits down with Dr. Cyrus de la Rubia to discuss the role of commercial banks amidst CBDC implementation. They run through the current roles of commercial banks and how these may be impacted by the introduction of various types of CBDCs.

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In this podcast episode of the Digital Euro Podcast, James Wallis, VP for Central Bank Engagements and Antony Welfare, European CBDC lead at Ripple, talk to Manuel Klein, founding member of the DEA about Ripple's engagement in CBDCs.

James and Antony give an overview of what Ripple does and what the underlying blockchain technology, the XRP Ledger (XRPL), is used for. They describe how Ripple partnered with the Central Bank of Bhutan to build a pilot for their CBDC and what role the XRPL could play in a future of multiple CBDCs running on different technologies. James and Antony also...

Bitcoin rose from the ashes of the global financial crisis of 2007-08 as the first cryptocurrency to attract global attention. With the rise of peer-to-peer electronic cash systems that do not rely on intermediaries, there are more than 7,500 cryptocurrencies in circulation now, according to Statista. Some first businesses accept major cryptocurrencies as payment today. All these developments lead to the questions such as, whether cryptocurrencies are actually money, and whether they are good investment or store of value tools with their high volatility issue.

The cost of low stability in cryptocurrency values increased the importance of (fiat-backed) stablecoins, which...

In this episode of the DEA Podcast, DEA Board Member Valentin Seehausen discussed with Cizar Brahim, Chief Strategy Officer at Sovereign Wallet, the technical requirements of a CBDC infrastructure blockchain. Moreover, they talk about the advancements of SWN in CBDC pilot research. Enjoy the episode!

In this episode of the DEA Podcast, DEA Chairman Jonas Gross discussed with Sven Marsing, Head of Project & Service Management at the Bundesdruckerei, the role of digital identities for the digital euro. They talk about the work of the Bundesdruckerei in this context, and why a digital identity is crucial for a digital euro. Enjoy the episode!

Digitization of financial assets promises tremendous benefits to the capital markets, such as executing fast, efficient, and secure transactions via distributed ledger technologies (DLTs). First financial institutions across the globe look for opportunities to integrate blockchain technology into their security offerings, such as blockchain-based bonds. The World Bank pioneered by issuing a new blockchain-based debt instrument and launched its bond-i already back in August 2018. Today, digital assets are already allowed by the regulator, e.g., in Germany, and will thrive over the next years.

The advantages of digital assets become particularly clear when not only the digital asset itself, but...