Digital Euro Podcast

Digital Euro Podcast

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Digital Euro Podcast episodes

  • Episode 30: This Month in Digital Money – News Digest August 2022
    Conclusions from the ECB Working Paper & USDT Development after Tornado Cash debacle

    In this monthly news digest, Tamara and Sarah recap the news in the stablecoin and CBDC space in August 2022. What are the conclusions of the newest ECB working paper? How is USDT developing after the Tornado Cash debacle?

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    10 min
  • Episode 29: Circle's Euro Stablecoin EUROC – The First Big Euro Stablecoin?

    In this episode, Joao Reginatto and Teana Taylor Baker provide insights on the concept of stablecoins as a money API, the growth projections for the newly launched EUROC and how it compares to other euro- and dollar-denominated stablecoins. Which benefits does EUROC add as compared to dollar-denominated stablecoins? Which use cases is the EUROC adopted for since its launch? And lastly, how is the future of EUROC envisioned within and outside of the eurozone against the backdrop of MiCA?

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    1 hr 17 min
  • Episode 28: This Month in Digital Money – News Digest July 2022
    The euro-dollar parity and inflation adjusted stablecoins.

    In this monthly news digest, Conrad and Sarah recap the news in the stablecoin and CBDC space in July. Which functions does the Central African Republic's official digital currency allow? Which stablecoin did Tether launch this month? What are inflation-adjusted stablecoins? These and other questions will be addressed during the first "This Week in Digital Money" episode.

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    13 min
  • Episode 27: Fungibility & Interoperability in the Digital Money Ecosystem

    In this episode of the Digital Euro Podcast in collaboration with the Digital Pound Foundation, our panelists explore the meaning of fungibility and interoperability in the current and future digital money ecosystem. How do these two concepts differ and interrelate? How can a jurisdiction’s legal and regulatory framework support fungibility between CBDC and stablecoins? Why does it matter when we consider the relationship between public and private forms of money?

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    1 hr 8 min
  • Episode 26: Crypto vs. CBDC Bubble: Irreconcilable Perspectives?

    In this episode of the Digital Euro Podcast, Sarah Palurovic (Executive Director of the DEA) takes a look at the perspectives of crypto and CBDC proponents. The debate which is shaped by polarizing voices on social media, especially Twitter, seems to have fundamentally irreconcilable perspectives. Which points of critique and philosophies are brought forth by these two camps who holds up to a reality check? Is there any common ground for crypto and CBDC proponents?

    36 min
  • Episode 25: Digital Money in Times of Crisis

    In this episode of the Digital Euro Podcast, we shed light on digital money as a tool for countries, people and sanctions and address the following questions among others:

    Which role does money have in times of crisis?

    How can money impact a crisis?
    How does digital money affect sanctions?
    Which benefits can digital money have for consumers in times of crisis? Which downsides can it have?
    Should states provide a digital currency as a defense mechanism in times of crisis?
    What are the benefits of not providing a state-issued digital form of money? Which downsides can it have?

    Participants of the Podcast:

    Kateryna Zhabska (Head of Innovation &, CBDC Project Lead, National Bank of Ukraine)

    Caroline (Berger) Hill (Director of Global Policy & Regulatory Strategy, Circle)
    Glenn Kim (Managing Director of Strategic Business Development, Fluency)
    Dr. Cyrus de la Rubia (Chief Economist & Head of Research, Hamburg Commercial Bank)

    1 hr 28 min
  • Episode 24: Private sector products and services for public sector CBDCs
    In this episode of the DEA Podcast, Sarah Palurovic interviews Glenn Kim, the managing director of strategic business development at Fluency with vast experience in government and central bank financial advisor, investment banking, and entrepreneurship in tech and financial services. They discuss which tasks, tools and processes could be outsourced to the public sector companies by a Central Bank when CBDCs are introduced. Glenn explains how such products and services will be introduced concurrent with the introduction of a CBDC and how factors such as user-experience, data protection (i.e., GDPR requirements) and anonymity are addressed in such an outsourcing business model.
    Be sure to tune in to learn about how Central Banks draw the line between welcoming public sector solutions (i.e., tech or wallet providers) and simultaneously use regulation as a tool to omit disintermediation.
    38 min
  • Episode 23: Fungibility and Interoperability of CBDC
    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.
    37 min
  • Episode 21: Digital Currencies in Asia
    Lessons for Europe

    In this podcast episode of the Digital Euro Association, we focus on various efforts in Asia around digital money, stablecoins, and CBDCs, and address the following questions among others: What is happening in Asia around digital money, stablecoins and CBDCs?

    e-CYN project in China: What are the implications for Asia as well as for Europe?
    DCJPY project and CBDC in Japan: What are the implications for Asia as well as for Europe?
    What can Europe learn from these projects?
    How and why do the design principles of various CBDCs differ across Asian countries?
    Which insights do Asian CBDC projects provide for the design of a digital euro?
    What are the recent regulatory developments around digital money in Asia?
    How is the competitive vs complementary landscape shaped in different Asian economies between the CBDCs and private digital money?

    Participants of the podcast

    Masaki Bessho (Head of FinTech Center, Payment and Settlement Systems Dept. of the Bank of Japan)
    Dr. Oriol Caudevilla (Co-Leader of the Financial Inclusion and CBDC Working Groups at the Global Impact FinTech (GIFT) Forum; Chairman of the Private Digital Euro Working Group at the Digital Euro Association (DEA))
    Richard Turrin (Best-selling author of "Cashless: China's Digital Currency Revolution"; Top 100 global FinTech influencer; Leading media commentator on China's "digital yuan" the e-CNY; China payment, AI and tech; Consultant; Speaker)
    Hiromi Yamaoka (Member of the Board, Future Corporation; Chairperson, Digital Currency Forum in Japan; Former Director-General of the Markets Dept. and the Payment and Settlement Systems Dept. of the Bank of Japan)

    1 hr 27 min

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The DEA Podcast was brought to life by the Digital Euro Association and deals with digital money, specifically CBDCs and stablecoins with a focus on different forms of a digital euro.

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