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
Oct 12, 2022CBDC Manifesto: Design Recommendations for a retail CBDCOn October 12th, the Digital Euro Association (DEA) and the CBDC Think Tank (CBDC TT) announced the CBDC Manifesto at the CBDC Summit 2022 in Washington D.C. The document was developed by the DEA, the CBDC TT, and world-leading CBDC experts. Given the critical role of CBDC in the payments…5 min read5 min read
Sep 20, 2022Recap of the CBDC Conference 2022The much anticipated CBDC Conference was held in Frankfurt, Germany, from August 29–31, 2022. …6 min read6 min read
Sep 12, 2022Digital Euro Association partners with Central Bank of HungaryThe Digital Euro Association (DEA) is delighted to announce its partnership with Magyar Nemzeti Bank (MNB), the Central Bank of Hungary. The MNB has established a platform called MNB Innovation Hub for consultation with innovative private sector firms and established a regulatory test environment. MNB launched its first retail CBDC…3 min read3 min read
Sep 5, 2022Digital Euro Association partners with Payment and Financial Technologies Development Center of the National Bank of KazakhstanThe Digital Euro Association (DEA) is delighted to announce its partnership with the Payment and Financial Technologies Development Center of NBK (PFTDC). …Cbdc2 min readCbdc2 min read
