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Charting a Path for 2024: The U.S. Role in Global Monetary Innovation

By Jennifer Lassiter and Katherine Haar /// Jan. 31, 2024

In 2023, the Digital Dollar Project hosted a first-of-its-kind global convening, "Exploring Central Bank Digital Currency: Evaluating Challenges & Developing International Standards," spearheading principle-driven research and fostering in-depth public discourse on the future of digital monetary innovations. Heading into 2024, the Digital Dollar Project summarizes the discussions and puts those words into action...

NEWS

Fortune /// Jan. 25, 2024

3 keys to ensuring the U.S. maintains dollar primacy in the age of digital money

Today, a new phase is at hand, an Internet of value, payments, and money itself. The choice is clear: Lead, follow, or get left behind.

Cointelegraph /// Jan. 25, 2024

US elections: Are CBDCs becoming ‘hyper-politicized’?

Central bank digital currencies are becoming more politicized globally, “but in the U.S. they seem to be ‘hyper-politicized.’”

Forbes /// Jan. 25, 2024

Digital Dollar Project Responds To Trump’s New CBDC Campaign Plank

With Trump as the leading candidate to potentially clinch the Republican nomination for President, the Digital Dollar Project responded in an interview to Donald Trump’s new anti-CBDC stance.

WORKING PAPERS

Risk Working Group /// June 27, 2023

Secure Adoption of a Digital Dollar: Operational and Compliance Risks for the U.S. Banking Sector

An initial exploration of the potential risks, mitigants, and opportunities associated with retail and wholesale CBDCs, detailing six risk themes across various operational and policy areas, offering a foundation for understanding the operational impacts and guiding policy considerations for a potential digital dollar.

Digital Dollar Project /// Jan 18, 2023

Revisiting the Digital Dollar Project’s Exploration of a U.S. Central Bank Digital Currency Whitepaper

Digital Dollar Project's 2020 whitepaper, "Exploring a U.S. CBDC," proposed a "champion model" of the digital dollar, along with eight tenets developed through global research and stakeholder interviews, for public consideration. The updated working paper provides a deeper look into the tenets, and offers research-driven observations that confirm the continued relevancy of the champion model in 2023.

Privacy Working Group /// Oct 25, 2021

Privacy Principles for a Digital Dollar: Private, Secure, Accessible, and Transparent

Privacy Principles for a Digital Dollar' articulates essential guidelines for embedding privacy and American democratic ideals into a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC), emphasizing a unique approach to safeguarding individual rights while ensuring the currency's appeal and security in the digital age.