Talks and Videos
Watch the Digital Dollar Project’s Executives discuss the Project.
Fintech Open Source Foundation (FINOS), Hyperledger Foundation, and The Digital Dollar Project Team Up to Drive Open Development and Collaboration for CBDCs
May 23, 2022
Open Digital Currency Initiative: Fintech Open Source Foundation (FINOS), Hyperledger Foundation, and The Digital Dollar Project Team Up to Drive Open Development and Collaboration for CBDCs
By Gabriele Columbro, FINOS; Karen Ottoni, Hyperledger Foundation; and Jennifer Lassiter, The Digital Dollar . . .
Digital Dollar in Focus: Accenture & Former CFTC Chair Team Up to Launch Pilots; Ether Record High
May 24, 2021
Central banks are pivoting toward digital currencies — here’s why
May 24, 2021
The U.S. nonprofit Digital Dollar Project is set to launch five pilot programs over the next year to test the potential uses of a U.S. central bank digital currency. Christopher Giancarlo, Former Chairman of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, and David Treat, Global Blockchain Lead at . . .
WEF 20 | Davos Dialogue: Digital Dollar Project With Chris Giancarlo
May 17, 2021
Direct from Davos 2020: Watch our Global Blockchain Lead David Treat and the Chairman of CFTC Chris Giancarlo have a candid conversation on the Digital Dollar Project.
“Crypto Dad” Chris Giancarlo Talks About The New Digitization Of Value
May 17, 2021
Former CFTC Chris Giancarlo sees the current set of financial systems – the older systems associated with the pre-digital age – as hopelessly obsolete. He aims to fix them.
The Digital Dollar Live!
May 17, 2021
Hear from industry leaders as they discuss the possible CBDC pathways forward and explore the policies, pilots and technical design considerations and approach.
Nonprofit Digital Dollar Project Plans Five Tests For Concept
May 3, 2021
With cryptocurrencies like bitcoin beset by price spikes (and slides), a nonprofit organization plans to test the concept of a U.S. central bank digital currency in at least five pilot programs. The U.S. nonprofit Digital Dollar Project said Monday (May 3) it will roll out five pilot programs over . . .
Why Chris Giancarlo Considers A Digital Dollar Mission Critical For The World
April 26, 2020
Below is an in-depth interview with J. Christopher Giancarlo, Senior Counsel at Willkie Farr and Gallagher and former Chairman of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, in which he reveals his vision for a ‘true digital dollar.’
Former Regulator Known As ‘Crypto Dad’ To Launch Digital-Dollar Think Tank
January 16, 2020
A former top American financial regulator dubbed “Crypto Dad” for his embrace of cryptocurrencies is setting up a think tank to promote the idea of digitizing the U.S. dollar.
J. Christopher Giancarlo, who stepped down as chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission last year, said he was . . .