Digital Euro Podcast
63 episodes - English - Latest episode: 5 months ago -The DEA Podcast was brought to life by the Digital Euro Association and deals with digital money, specifically CBDCs and stablecoins with a focus on different forms of a digital euro.
The Digital Euro Association, as the largest European Think Tank dealing with digital money, is dedicated to educating people on the tokenization of money. In addition to that, the DEA assists in solving the immense challenge of creating an innovative and open environment for digital tokenized money in the eurozone and its 19 member states. Through shared knowledge and collaboration of the DEA community members, with backgrounds in a wide range of industries, we strive to significantly contribute to the development of the digital euro.
On the basis of this interdisciplinarity, it is possible to develop solutions jointly and, under consideration of all interests, to formulate the necessary requirements for politics and the financial sector. In this way, the DEA hopes to offer every citizen, entrepreneur, (central) banker, and politician a platform that helps to understand the enormous impact of the digitization of money on the economy and to define design principles of differing forms of a digital euro.
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Episodes
Episode 59: This Month in Digital Money – News Digest November 2023
November 30, 2023 13:34 - 4 minutes - 3.95 MBIn this monthly news digest, Sarah recaps the news in the digital money space in November 2023.
Episode 58: This Month in Digital Money – News Digest October 2023
October 31, 2023 11:15 - 6 minutes - 5.75 MBIn this monthly news digest, Sarah and Conrad recap the news in the digital money space in October 2023.
Episode 57: The Digital Euro Legislative Proposal: Key Take Aways & Commentary
October 05, 2023 05:30 - 1 hour - 61.4 MBIn this episode, the guests discuss the key takeaways and intricacies of the legislative proposal for the digital euro (i.e., CBDC).
Episode 56: This Month in Digital Money – News Digest September 2023
September 30, 2023 05:30 - 8 minutes - 7.5 MBIn this monthly news digest, Sarah and Conrad recap the news in the digital money space in September 2023. In this monthly news digest, Sarah and Conrad recap the news in the digital money space in September 2023. What does the CBDC Anti-Surveillance Act in the US entail? How is the Citi Token Services set up? Which cross-border advancements are planned for the e-Yuan? How are the newly issued tokenized fund shares by Metzler Asset Management regulated? Reach out to Sarah Palurovic...
Episode 55: CBDCs & Privacy: Considerations for an International Landscape
September 21, 2023 05:30 - 1 hour - 65.9 MBIn this episode, the guests discuss how CBDCs can guard fundamental human rights in domestic and international settings.
Episode 54: Cryptobanknotes & CBDC Cash from A to Z
September 07, 2023 05:30 - 30 minutes - 24.3 MBIn this episode, Andrei Lipkin gives an introduction to crypto banknotes and CBDC Cash and how they compare to banknotes as we know them today.
Episode 53: This Month in Digital Money – News Digest August 2023
August 31, 2023 13:07 - 9 minutes - 7.67 MBIn this monthly news digest, Sarah and Conrad recap the news in the digital money space in August 2023. In this monthly news digest, Sarah recaps the news in the digital money space in August 2023. Is the ECB using real funds for the wholesale CBDC trials? What rules apply to stablecoins issued under the new regulatory framework in Singapore? Will Russia enable a programmable Digital Ruble? Reach out to Sarah Palurovic, executive director at the DEA Twitter LinkedIn Reach out to C...
Episode 52: Sand Dollar Chief Architect Shares Insights Into Bahama's CBDC
August 24, 2023 05:30 - 34 minutes - 27.7 MBIn this episode, the Chief Architect of the Sand Dollar (NZIA) shares his view of Bahama's CBDC, its inception through the tender process, and the generally positive attitude toward blockchain technology as a base layer.
Episode 51: This Month in Digital Money – News Digest July 2023
July 31, 2023 15:27 - 7 minutes - 6.12 MBIn this monthly news digest, Sarah recaps the news in the digital money space in July 2023.
Episode 50: Banking on Tokens by the DEA Digital Euro Working Group
July 19, 2023 12:30 - 17 minutes - 14.3 MBIn this episode, the DEA working group chairs discuss the content of their newly published paper on tokenized commercial bank deposits, touching on topics such as regulatory considerations, benefits, risks and use cases.
Episode 49: This Month in Digital Money – News Digest June 2023
June 30, 2023 05:30 - 4 minutes - 4.02 MBIn this monthly news digest, Sarah recaps the news in the digital money space in June 2023.
Episode 48: This Month in Digital Money – News Digest May 2023
May 31, 2023 12:33 - 6 minutes - 5.46 MBIn this monthly news digest, Sarah and Conrad recap the news in the digital money space in May 2023.
Episode 47: This Month in Digital Money – News Digest April 2023
May 02, 2023 15:20 - 7 minutes - 5.75 MBIn this monthly news digest, Sarah and Conrad recap the news in the digital money space in April 2023.
Episode 46: The Future of Machine Money
March 02, 2023 06:30 - 21 minutes - 17.1 MBIn this episode of the Digital Euro Podcast, we explore the potential of stablecoins in the European machine-to-machine (M2M) economy.
Episode 45: This Month in Digital Money – News Digest February 2023
February 28, 2023 06:30 - 9 minutes - 7.39 MBIn this monthly news digest, Sarah, Neslihan and Conrad recap the news in the digital money space in February 2023.
Episode 44: How to Pay in the Machine Economy of the Future?
February 15, 2023 06:30 - 1 hour - 68.8 MBIn this episode, Richard Turrin, David Tercero-Lucas, Ricky Lamberty and Jakob Bouchetob are discussing machine-to-machine payment schemes and their regulation.
Episode 43: This Month in Digital Money – News Digest January 2023
January 31, 2023 14:44 - 6 minutes - 5.58 MBIn this monthly news digest, Sarah and Conrad recap the news in the digital money space in January 2023.
Episode 42: Privacy and CBCDs by the DEA Public Digital Euro Working Group
January 19, 2023 14:15 - 19 minutes - 15.4 MBIn this episode, the DEA working group members discuss the content of their newly published paper on CBDC and privacy, touching on topics such as reasons for and degrees of privacy in CBDC, privacy stakeholders, and privacy-preserving technologies.
Episode 41: Digital Money Recap 2022
December 21, 2022 06:30 - 23 minutes - 18.6 MBIn this episode, the executive directors at the DEA recap the developments in the year 2022 in regards to general trends, regulation, stablecoins, CBCDs and developments and successes at the DEA. What are the predictions for 2023?
Episode 40: The Optimal Design of a CBDC
December 07, 2022 06:30 - 1 hour - 66.2 MBIn this episode, industry experts discuss the calibration of an optimally designed retail CBDC. They discuss the challenges of this day and age, such as data protection, and explore country and currency union-specific considerations.
Episode 39: This Month in Digital Money – News Digest November 2022
November 30, 2022 06:30 - 4 minutes - 3.98 MBIn this monthly news digest, Sarah and Neslihan recap the news in the digital money space in November 2022.
Episode 38: Updates on Stablecoin Regulation with Circle
November 09, 2022 06:30 - 40 minutes - 32.7 MBIn this episode, Caroline Hill and Teana Baker-Taylor from Circle provide us with the current regulation and policy developments such as the Federal Government's progress, the competitiveness of different regulatory approaches and developments worldwide.
Episode 37: This Month in Digital Money – News Digest October 2022
October 31, 2022 08:48 - 16 minutes - 13.2 MBIn this monthly news digest, Sarah, Conrad, Atakan and Neslihan recap the news in the stablecoin and CBDC space in October 2022.
Episode 36: Stablecoins – Enabler for Borderless Work?
October 27, 2022 05:30 - 59 minutes - 47.9 MBIn this episode, various aspects of stablecoin usage including their economic and societal effects on the global labor market are discussed with first-hand experiences from the panelists.
Episode 35: The CBDC Manifesto Explained
October 12, 2022 13:00 - 37 minutes - 30.7 MBJamiel Sheikh from the CBDC Think Tank and Tamara Schmidt from the DEA give context to the CBDC manifesto, released on September 12, 2022.
Episode 34: This Month in Digital Money – News Digest September 2022
September 30, 2022 05:30 - 7 minutes - 6.88 MBIn this monthly news digest, Conrad and Sarah recap the news in the stablecoin and CBDC space in September 2022.
Episode 33: Recommendations for a euro stablecoin: Private Digital Euro Working Group
September 28, 2022 05:30 - 43 minutes - 35.2 MBIn this episode, the members of the Private Digital Euro Working Groups review the various design choices and features of stablecoins, how stablecoins would interact with CBDCs, and the legal and regulatory framework required to support the introduction of stablecoins in the eurozone and the global financial system. The outcomes are particularly aimed at those policy-makers involved in EU crypto and stablecoin regulation.
Episode 32: Paradigm Shift in Liquidity Visibility of Banks?
September 14, 2022 05:30 - 33 minutes - 27.1 MBIn this episode, Marcus Treacher answers the biggest questions around interbank settlements, the role of liquidity visibility in the digital age and the benefits for near real time payment settlements.
Episode 31: Ahead of the Digital Euro: Public Digital Euro Working Group Recommendations
August 31, 2022 05:30 - 30 minutes - 24.3 MBIn this episode, the members of the Public Digital Euro Working Groups present their recommendations for a digital euro compartmentalized by design dimensions, payment relevant aspects and legal considerations after four months and in-depth analysis of relevant literature. The group’s findings have culminated in the paper “Ahead of the digital euro: Public Digital Euro Working Group Recommendations” and is particularly positioned at central banks involved in developing a central bank digital ...
Episode 30: This Month in Digital Money – News Digest August 2022
August 30, 2022 05:30 - 9 minutes - 7.69 MBWhat are the conclusions of the newest ECB working paper? How is USDT developing after the Tornado Cash debacle? These and other questions will be addressed in the "This Week in Digital Money" August episode.
Episode 29: Circle's Euro Stablecoin EUROC – The First Big Euro Stablecoin?
August 17, 2022 05:30 - 1 hour - 61.3 MBIn this episode of the Digital Euro Podcast, Circle answers the biggest questions around its newly launched euro-denominated stablecoin EUROC and explains the concept of stablecoins as a money API.
Episode 28: This Month in Digital Money – News Digest July 2022
August 03, 2022 05:30 - 12 minutes - 10.3 MBWhich functions does the Central African Republic's official digital currency allow? Which stablecoin did Tether launch this month? What are inflation-adjusted stablecoins? These and other questions will be addressed during the first "This Week in Digital Money" episode.
Episode 27: Fungibility & Interoperability in the Digital Money Ecosystem
July 22, 2022 13:19 - 1 hour - 54.3 MBIn this episode of the Digital Euro Podcast in collaboration with the Digital Pound Foundation, our panelists explore the meaning of fungibility and interoperability in the current and future digital money ecosystem. How do these two concepts differ and interrelate? How can a jurisdiction’s legal and regulatory framework support fungibility between CBDC and stablecoins? Why does it matter when we consider the relationship between public and private forms of money?
Episode 26: Crypto vs. CBDC Bubble: Irreconcilable Perspectives?
July 06, 2022 12:00 - 35 minutes - 28.8 MBIn this episode of the Digital Euro Podcast, Sarah Palurovic (Executive Director of the DEA) takes a look at the perspectives of crypto and CBDC proponents. The debate which is shaped by polarizing voices on social media, especially Twitter, seems to have fundamentally irreconcilable perspectives. Which points of critique and philosophies are brought forth by these two camps who holds up to a reality check? Is there any common ground for crypto and CBDC proponents?
Episode 25: Digital Money in Times of Crisis
June 14, 2022 13:32 - 1 hour - 70.5 MBThe recent Ukraine-Russia war has raised multiple significant questions about the use of digital money. First, with the bank-run on Russian banks following the sanctions, would public and private forms of digital money offer potential ways to deal with bank-runs? After Western nations imposed new sanctions on Russia for its invasion of Ukraine, the Russian ruble was down nearly 30% against the US dollar at one point. Soon after, Russians queued to withdraw money in some cities, worried about ...
Episode 24: Private sector products and services for public sector CBDCs
June 04, 2022 03:11 - 37 minutes - 30.5 MBIn this episode of the DEA Podcast, Sarah Palurovic interviews Glenn Kim, the managing director of strategic business development at Fluency with vast experience in government and central bank financial advisor, investment banking, and entrepreneurship in tech and financial services. They discuss which tasks, tools and processes could be outsourced to the public sector companies by a Central Bank when CBDCs are introduced. Glenn explains how such products and services will be introduced concu...
Episode 23: Fungibility and Interoperability of CBDC
May 11, 2022 06:30 - 36 minutes - 29.5 MBIn this episode, Valentin Seehausen talks with Jannah Patchay about the fungibility and interoperability of CBDC. Jannah works for the Digital Pound Foundation and is specialized in financial markets innovation, and in helping firms to define, develop and execute their commercial strategies in a highly regulated environment. Her passion lies in building the capital markets of the future, harnessing emerging technology to create new and innovative financial services and products that can pro...
DEA Episode 22: Stablecoins, Synthetic CBDC and the History of Cryptocurrencies
April 28, 2022 21:13 - 34 minutes - 27.6 MBIn this episode, Valentin Seehausen talks with Franklin Noll about Stablecoins, Synthetic CBDC, and the general history of cryptocurrencies. Noll Historical Consulting assists clients in succeeding in the cryptocurrency, monetary, and payments fields by providing inside knowledge of those worlds and by providing the expertise needed to develop and promote successful projects. Focusing on the technology of money, past, present, and future, Noll Historical Consulting helps those working with b...
Episode 22: Stablecoins, Synthetic CBDC and the History of Cryptocurrencies
April 28, 2022 21:13 - 34 minutes - 27.6 MBIn this episode, Valentin Seehausen talks with Franklin Noll about Stablecoins, Synthetic CBDC, and the general history of cryptocurrencies. Noll Historical Consulting assists clients in succeeding in the cryptocurrency, monetary, and payments fields by providing inside knowledge of those worlds and by providing the expertise needed to develop and promote successful projects. Focusing on the technology of money, past, present, and future, Noll Historical Consulting helps those working with b...
Episode 21: Digital Currencies in Asia
April 13, 2022 23:24 - 1 hour - 69.8 MBCentral banks around the world have stepped in and intensified their efforts to conceptualize and design their own digital currencies, i.e., central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), in particular, as a reaction to the increased competitive dynamics by the cryptocurrencies and stablecoins. Asia has a particular importance and critical leading efforts in this space with various Asian central banks assessing and experimenting with CBDCs. For instance, China has launched pilot programs and trials...
Episode 20: CBDC, Synthetic CBDC and Stablecoins
March 30, 2022 11:51 - 50 minutes - 40.5 MBIn this episode of the DEA Podcast, Manuel Klein interviews Miguel Fernandez Ordoñez, the former president of the Spanish central bank. They discuss why Miguel believes that we need new forms of money, and what these new forms of money bring with them economically. Miguel also explains, which role he foresees for the state, central banks, commercial banks, and other non-banking institutions, e.g. Stablecoin-providers in this new world, in which CBDC plays a larger role. Be sure to tune in t...
Episode 19: Role of Commercial Banks in CBDC implementation
March 16, 2022 07:30 - 34 minutes - 27.9 MBIn this episode of the Digital Euro Podcast, DEA Executive Director Conrad Kraft sits down with Dr. Cyrus de la Rubia to discuss the role of commercial banks amidst CBDC implementation. They run through the current roles of commercial banks and how these may be impacted by the introduction of various types of CBDCs. Enjoy!
Episode 18: Ripples Engagement in CBDCs
March 02, 2022 18:27 - 37 minutes - 30.2 MBIn this podcast episode of the Digital Euro Podcast, James Wallis, VP for Central Bank Engagements and Antony Welfare, European CBDC lead at Ripple, talk to Manuel Klein, founding member of the DEA about Ripple's engagement in CBDCs. James and Antony give an overview of what Ripple does and what the underlying blockchain technology, the XRP Ledger (XRPL), is used for. They describe how Ripple partnered with the Central Bank of Bhutan to build a pilot for their CBDC and what role the XRPL co...
Episode 17: The Future of Payments in the Euro Area
February 16, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour - 76.5 MBBitcoin rose from the ashes of the global financial crisis of 2007-08 as the first cryptocurrency to attract global attention. With the rise of peer-to-peer electronic cash systems that do not rely on intermediaries, there are more than 7,500 cryptocurrencies in circulation now, according to Statista. Some first businesses accept major cryptocurrencies as payment today. All these developments lead to the questions such as, whether cryptocurrencies are actually money, and whether they are good...
Episode 16: CBDC Infrastructure Blockchain
February 03, 2022 01:00 - 41 minutes - 33.3 MBIn this episode of the DEA Podcast, DEA Board Member Valentin Seehausen discussed with Cizar Brahim, Chief Strategy Officer at Sovereign Wallet, the technical requirements of a CBDC infrastructure blockchain. Moreover, they talk about the advancements of SWN in CBDC pilot research. Enjoy the episode!
Episode 15: Digital Euro and Digital Identities
January 19, 2022 07:00 - 34 minutes - 28 MBIn this episode of the DEA Podcast, DEA Chairman Jonas Gross discussed with Sven Marsing, Head of Project & Service Management at the Bundesdruckerei, the role of digital identities for the digital euro. They talk about the work of the Bundesdruckerei in this context, and why a digital identity is crucial for a digital euro. Enjoy the episode!
Episode 14: Digital Assets and the Digital Euro
January 05, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour - 63.4 MBDigitization of financial assets promises tremendous benefits to the capital markets, such as executing fast, efficient, and secure transactions via distributed ledger technologies (DLTs). First financial institutions across the globe look for opportunities to integrate blockchain technology into their security offerings, such as blockchain-based bonds. The World Bank pioneered by issuing a new blockchain-based debt instrument and launched its bond-i already back in August 2018. Today, digita...
Episode 13: 2021 in Review
December 22, 2021 07:00 - 59 minutes - 47.8 MBIn this final episode of the DEA Podcast for 2021, DEA Board Chairman Jonas Gross together with Conrad Kraft (Executive Director of the DEA) and Manuel Klein (Founding Member of the DEA) recap some of the most important developments made at the DEA as well as review some of the interesting developments in the world of digital money and the digital euro. They also share their predictions and outlook for 2022 in the world of digital money. Be sure to tune in to get a great overview of the year...
DEA Episode 13: 2021 in Review
December 22, 2021 07:00 - 59 minutes - 47.8 MBIn this final episode of the DEA Podcast for 2021, DEA Board Chairman Jonas Gross together with Conrad Kraft (Executive Director of the DEA) and Manuel Klein (Founding Member of the DEA) recap some of the most important developments made at the DEA as well as review some of the interesting developments in the world of digital money and the digital euro. They also share their predictions and outlook for 2022 in the world of digital money. Be sure to tune in to get a great overview of the year...
Episode 12: Agent-Based Simulation of CBDC
December 08, 2021 14:00 - 31 minutes - 25.4 MBIn this podcast episode, Valentin Seehausen, COO of the DEA, interviews Dr. Kimmo Soramäki from FNA. FNA builds models that are based on agent-based modelling (ABM) and consults central banks from all over the world. Valentin and Kimmo discuss how the ABM approach differs from models that central banks have been using in the last decades. They focus on the CBDC simulator, an ABM model that can simulate the effects that different parameters of a CBDC could have on the economy.