In particular, in this episode, we focus on addressing the following questions among others:

How does a digital Euro support the digitization of financial assets?

Participants of the podcast episode

In this final episode of the DEA Podcast for 2021, DEA Board Chairman Jonas Gross together with Conrad Kraft (Executive Director of the DEA) and Manuel Klein (Founding Member of the DEA) recap some of the most important developments made at the DEA as well as review some of the interesting developments in the world of digital money and the digital euro. They also share their predictions and outlook for 2022 in the world of digital money.

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Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) have seized global attention, featuring broadly in central bank strategies.

Today, 87 central banks are currently looking to introduce digital currencies in the near future, however the impacts of CBDCs are still relatively unknown.

Many questions frequently cross the minds of regulators, banks and payment companies worldwide. What impact will introducing a CBDC have on the financial and economic system? Can CBDC’s be configured without largely impacting the banking sector balance sheet? Could card companies suffer a substantial decline in their transaction revenues? We will try to answer some in this episode.

This podcast episode of the Future of Money Podcast by the Digital Euro Association focusses on Stablecoins. DEA founding member Manuel Klein talks with Markus Franke, Partner and economist at cLabs who work on Celo stablecoins, about what stablecoins are, which different types of stablecoins exist and which advantages and disadvantages the different types of stablecoins bring.

How do current forms of money differ from cryptocurrencies?

Participants of the episode

Tony McLaughlin, Emerging Payments and Business Development, Treasury and Trade Solutions (Citi)

Which use cases do CBDCs have?

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What is the goal and focus of ABI's digital euro initiative? What makes Spunta different from other projects in this field? How do these different approaches differ? Which design paradigms for a digital euro is ABI advocating? Which role should the private sector for the digital euro play?

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What is the potential of CBDCs in improving today’s cross-border payment systems?

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