Jul 31DEA Quarterly Insights: Shaping the Future of Digital Money | Q2 2023Welcome to the latest edition of the Digital Euro Association’s Quarterly Insights! This comprehensive blog post presents a concise overview of our association’s activities and achievements over the past three months. …7 min read7 min read
Apr 10The Digital Euro Conference 2023: A Recapby Digital Euro Association The Digital Euro Conference (DEC23) held on the 31st of March, 2023, brought together experts, policymakers, and industry leaders in a hybrid format. Both on-site and remote participants engaged in insightful discussions, presentations, and panel sessions centered around Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs), Stablecoins, and Commercial…6 min read6 min read
Mar 22Digital Euro Conference (DEC23) on March 31, 2023: Full Speaker List and Agenda OnlineIn case you or your colleagues want to get a free online/streaming ticket, here is the link — We are very happy to organize the DEC for the first time! This is the website of our conference: https://home.digital-euro-association.de/en-us/digital-euro-conference And here is the agenda: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1FyYKSUeuzih7-lmlTiZXLzj0Upeyf0gT/edit The conference will bring together industry…2 min read2 min read
Mar 2The Future of Machine Money: How Stablecoins Can Drive Europe’s M2M Economyby Digital Euro Association on Mar 2, 2023 Machine-to-Machine (M2M) payments are a key enabler of the digital economy, powering everything from connected cars and smart homes to industrial automation and e-commerce. As the M2M economy in Europe continues to grow, there is a rising demand for new payment solutions…2 min read2 min read
Jan 24Call for Theses on central bank digital currencies and stablecoinsThe Digital Euro Association (DEA) is delighted to announce the 2023 DEA Thesis Awards, a call for theses on the digital euro. Thesis topics should cover central bank digital currencies or stablecoins, tokenized commercial bank money, etc. Note that this is not a call for academic publications but rather student…2 min read2 min read
Jan 23Privacy and CBDCs — DEA Working Group Paperby Digital Euro Association Privacy is regarded as a crucial factor in the investigation and development of Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDC) and is therefore thoroughly researched by monetary authorities, academia, and the private sector. Academic research indicates that CBDC transactions may involve processing significant amounts of identity and transaction-related…3 min read3 min read
Nov 14, 2022CBDC Article Series — Russian Digital Ruble Effortby Juan Gutierrez Objective The objective of this paper is to summarize Russia’s CBDC efforts and identify aspects that could be relevant for the digital euro project. …8 min read8 min read
Nov 14, 2022CBDC Article Series — CBDCs go live — Bahamas, ECCU and Nigeriaby Juan Gutierrez and Marlene Marz Introduction According to the “Atlantic council CBDC tracker”, approximately 87 countries, representing over 90 percent of global GDP, are exploring CBDCs (Atlantic Council 2022). However, compared to the number of central banks researching this topic, very few have fully launched a CBDC or run an…10 min read10 min read
Nov 14, 2022CBDC Article Series — The Chinese digital yuanBy Dr. Jochen Biedermann and Juan Gutierrez This is the second article in our Public Digital Euro Working Group series. The objective of this article is to provide an updated perspective on the e-CNY (aka e-RMB, Digital Yuan, Digital Renminbi — the Chinese CBDC) for those already familiar with CBDCs…12 min read12 min read
Nov 14, 2022Article Series — CBDC pilots and research, lessons for the digital euroby Juan Gutierrez and Thomas Haas Introduction Central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) have evolved in just a few years from a purely academic discussion to an intense debate among central banks around the world about the future of public and private digital money. As of 2022, most central banks are at…10 min read10 min read
