The Digital Euro: Policy Implications and Perspectives

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Foreword V
3. Preface VII
4. Contents XIII
5. Introduction XVII
6. The Authors XXI
7. Digital Currencies and the Soul of Money XXXI
8. I. Digitalization and Data: Can Incumbents Keep Up?
9. Time for the Heavyweights – How established Financial Institutions can succeed in the Digital Assets Market 1
10. Data-driven Innovation in Financial Services – Opportunities and Prerequisites 11
11. Banks in the Digital Space 17
12. II. Technology and Regulation: Are we Focused on the Right Things?
13. Coordinating the regulatory approach to the new technology wave 25
14. Who is afraid of the Blockchain? Towards a new EU Approach to Financial Regulation 31
15. Adapting to the Digitalization of Banking and Finance 35
16. III. Central Bank Digital Currencies: Cui Bono?
17. The Case for and against CBDC – five Years later 45
18. The Digital Euro: Policy Implications and Perspectives 63
19. Central Bank Digital Currency: Is it really worth the Risk? 115
20. The Case for Central Bank Digital Currencies 123
21. On the Coming of Retail CBDCs: Public versus Private Money 139
22. Wholesale CBDC as a possible Option for providing a Safe and Efficient Settlement Asset for Future Financial Infrastructures 173
23. Theories and Practice of exploring China’s e-CNY 179
24. Does Basel Dream of Electric Sheep? Prospects for the Development of Central Bank Digital Currencies 191
25. IV. Decentralized Finance, Blockchain, Payment Systems, Tokens and Stablecoins, the Changing Rails of Banking and Commerce: In What do we Trust?
26. A Douse of Digital Cold Water 199
27. Crypto Assets, CBDCs and Trust 207
28. Changing Landscape, Changing Supervision: Preserving Financial Stability in Times of Tech Revolution 213