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Distributed ledger technology (DLT) enables a wide range of innovative industrial use cases and business models, such as through programmable payments and the seamless exchange of assets, goods, and services. To exploit the full potential of a DLT-based European economy, it is crucial to...
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Existing payment systems get more and more disrupted. As a consequence of the global trend of digitizing payments and generating new business models from the use of blockchain-based digital programmable money, several new payment initiatives have been announced recently. Besides “classical”...
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Die Digitalisierung des Geldsystems schreitet immer weiter voran. Neben »klassischen« Krypto-Assets gewinnen auch sog. Stablecoins zunehmend an Bedeutung. Die Ankündigung des von Facebook initiierten Stablecoin »Libra« 2019 wird teilweise als Wendepunkt für den traditionellen Finanzsektor...
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Zahlreiche Zentralbanken planen innerhalb der nächsten Jahre, eigene digitale Zentralbankwährungen einzuführen. Die Blockchain-Technologie kann dafür die technologische Basis darstellen. Zentralbanken experimentieren mit dieser Technologie, um Währungen perspektivisch auf Blockchain-Basis...
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Die fortschreitende Digitalisierung hat nun auch das Geldsystem erreicht. Das Aufkommen von Kryptowerten hat zahlreiche Vorteile aufgezeigt, die "Digital Assets", die mit Distributed-Ledger-Technologien (DLT) verwaltet werden, mit sich bringen: Die Nutzung von DLT kann die Sicherheit von...
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The digital euro is not a monolithic project. On the contrary: The fields of application are broad, and possible solutions are diverse. This paper provides an overview of use cases, application domains, and infrastructures for the digital euro that differ significantly. A comparison with...
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Central bankers express concerns that central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) might disintermediate commercial banks and facilitate bank runs. We analyze these concerns in a DSGE framework and provide a rationale for the disintermediation of the banking sector. Our focus is on the central bank's...
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Most central banks in advanced economies consider issuing central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) to address the declining use of cash and to position themselves against increased competition from Big Tech companies, cryptocurrencies, and stablecoins. One crucial design dimension of a CBDC...
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