Driving growth in digital assets markets
Source: Quant Quant Founder and CEO, Gilbert Verdian, recently had an in-depth conversation with Dominic Hobson, the co-founder of Future of Finance. They delved into the opportunities, challenges, and threats related to accelerating institutional adoption of digital assets. There are many factors encouraging, shaping and, in some cases, preventing the emergence of large-scale, global digital […]
Global Counsel partners with the Digital Pound Foundation
We are delighted to announce that Global Counsel has become a strategic partner of the Digital Pound Foundation (DPF). Global Counsel is a global strategic advisory firm providing integrated consultancy services to clients working with policy change. Global Counsel and the DPF will collaborate on areas of overlapping interest across their policy and advocacy activities, […]
Crypto Asset and Stablecoin Regulation in the UK: Past, Present and Future | Poundcast Episode 16
In Episode 16 of the Poundcast, we are joined Laura Navaratnam to explore the evolving landscape of crypto asset regulation in the UK. Laura is the UK Policy Lead at the Crypto Council for Innovation and previously spent seven years at the UK Financial Conduct Authority in a variety of leadership roles. In this episode, […]
Functional needs for personal data within a payments system
1. Purpose of this paper This paper is intended to provide a high-level framework of personal data types and functional uses of personal data within the ecosystem of a payments system. Its objective is to facilitate discussions on privacy in the context of a digital Pound by enabling consistent terminology. Some functional elements described in […]
The Social and Economic Benefits of a CBDC | Poundcast Episode 15
In Episode 15 of the Poundcast, we are joined by Simon Youel, Head of Policy and Advocacy at Positive Money, a key player in the realm of economic reform and an advocate for the responsible creation and distribution of money. As a recent addition to the DPF community, Positive Money brings a wealth of insights […]
Quant, HSBC, R3, Visa, among 13 others chosen by UK Finance to join next prototype phase
UK Finance has unveiled plans for a new phase of experimentation within the UK Regulated Liability Network (RLN), involving eleven of its member institutions. The RLN initiative aims to establish a versatile ‘platform for innovation’ accommodating various forms of currency, including traditional commercial bank deposits and tokenized equivalents. By fostering collaboration among multiple stakeholders in […]
Digital Dollar Project partners with the Digital Pound Foundation to strengthen international discussion and collaboration
We are pleased to announce that the Digital Dollar Project has joined the Digital Pound Foundation (DPF) as a strategic partner. The Digital Dollar Project is a neutral, non-profit forum focused on exploring digital innovation in money and preserving the role of the U.S. Dollar in a world of decentralised and centralised sovereign and non-sovereign […]
Innovation vs Access to Cash: Priorities for a Retail CBDC
Author: Claire Conby, Operations and Innovation Lead at the Digital Pound Foundation and Co-founder of OneStep Financial – with thanks to Phil Kenworthy for his input into this article (and for the waving of the £5 note!) A few weeks ago, I was sitting on a panel talking about the evolution of digital money and what we […]
Global Digital Finance partners with the Digital Pound Foundation to improve policy collaboration across the digital finance ecosystem
We are pleased to announce that Global Digital Finance (GDF) has joined the Digital Pound Foundation (DPF) as a strategic partner. GDF is an open innovation community that works towards improving market standards and regulation for digital finance through engagement with industry, policymakers and regulators. Global Digital Finance and the DPF will collaborate on areas […]
Preserving the singleness of money in a rapidly changing financial landscape
Date: Wednesday 28 February 2024Location: London, UK On 28th February 2024, the Digital Pound Foundation held a roundtable entitled “Preserving the Singleness and Uniformity of a digital Pound”, in which we explored the challenges around preserving the singleness of money in the digital age. In the future, multiple different forms of money – both public and private, […]
