Episode 22: Stablecoins, Synthetic CBDC and the History of Cryptocurrencies

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)