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Central Bank Digital Currencies - Part 3 * Digital cash will shake up the global economy. * The central banks have FOMO. They should take the lead from Switzerland rather than China. * The private sector is better placed to design and operate digital money in a free society. There is a sense

Central Bank Digital Currencies - Part 2 In part 1, we looked at the evolution of Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDC), outlining their inevitability now the rabbit is out of the hat. In this article, we examine the CBDC landscape across the G20 nations, a group that represents 80% of

Central Bank Digital Currencies - Part 1 In a recent report, the Bank of England stated that “A Central Bank Digital Currency (“CBDC”) would allow households and businesses to directly make electronic payments using money issued by the Bank of England”. Currently, only the commercial banks have privileged access to