Should We Care if the US Is Falling Behind on CBDCs?

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25 October 2020

A reading of two recent op-eds on central bank digital currencies.

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This episode is sponsored by Crypto.comNexo.io and Elliptic.

For this week’s Long Reads Sunday, NLW reads two selections from CoinDesk’s op-ed section:

CBDCs Are Evolution, not Revolution
– Benoit Coeure 

The US Risks Getting Left Behind on CBDCs 
– JP Schnapper-Casteras and Misha Guttentag

See also: The IMF, G20 and BIS Gear Up for the Central Bank Digital Currency Era

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