Regulation of Digital Assets in the UK
Source: Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) Speaker: Sarah Pritchard, Executive Director of Markets, and Executive Director of InternationalEvent: City Week 2023Delivered: 25 April 2023Note: This is a drafted speech and may differ from the delivered version Highlights How the bookworm has turned Have you ever noticed how something once alternative or niche suddenly becomes mainstream? Growing up in the 80s and […]
The shape of things to come: innovation in payments and money − speech by Sir Jon Cunliffe
Source: Bank of England Given at Innovate Finance Global Summit, London. In his speech, Jon Cunliffe looks at four areas where the tokenisation of money is now being explored. The first is stablecoins used for payments, the second is the tokenisation of commercial bank deposits, the third is the next stage of the Bank of […]
Why Clifford Chance joined the Digital Pound Foundation – An Interview with Diego Ballon Ossio
In the first of our member video series, we talk with Diego Ballon Ossio of Clifford Chance about why they chose to become a member of the Digital Pound Foundation. Are you interested in becoming a member of the Digital Pound Foundation? Our members have the opportunity to get involved in the creation of educational […]
Blockchain startup OneStep Financial joins Digital Pound Foundation
We are very pleased to announce the latest addition to the Digital Pound Foundation’s membership community. OneStep Financial transforms corporate payouts into engagement and productivity tools using programmable distributed ledger technology (DLT). At the very heart of their solution is tokenised fiat cash, which is one of the reasons why they’ve joined the Digital Pound […]
CBDC Can Be ‘Bridging Asset’ Between Bitcoin, TradFi: Bank of England
Source: Decrypt Can CBDCs and Bitcoin ever coexist? The Bank of England’s CBDC lead Katie Fortune thinks so. Asked during a panel at the Citi Digital Money Symposium about how potential state-issued central bank digital currencies CBDCs would coexist with Bitcoin or asset-backed stablecoins, Fortune said that the BoE sees a mixed ecosystem of different forms […]
Use cases for a digital Pound
This article was written by Claire Conby, Operations and Governance Lead at the Digital Pound Foundation, and first published in The Financial Technologist: Issue #1 2023 On 7 February 2023 the Bank of England announced a consultation with HM Treasury on a potential digital Pound, or Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC). Complementing cash, a CBCD […]
Designing the Digital Money of the Future: Digital Pound vs Digital Euro | Poundcast Episode 8
In episode 8, our host Jannah speaks to Sarah Palurovic, Executive Director of our partner organisation, the Digital Euro Association. Sarah is also an economist and research assistant at the Frankfurt School Blockchain Center. Her focus is on executive education in blockchain and digital assets, specializing in the economics of cryptocurrencies and emerging business models. […]
Digital Pound Foundation: Advocating for a Well-Designed Digital Pound
Written by Claire Conby, Operations and Governance Lead at the Digital Pound Foundation. Originally published in February 2023 by Central Bank Payments News With over 90% of the world’s major central banks pursuing central bank digital currency (CBDC) projects, there is an ever-increasing number of institutions and organisations across the globe expressing opinions, recommendations and […]
The Making of a Digital Pound: Exploring the Creation of a UK CBDC | Poundcast Episode 7
In episode 7, our host Jannah Patchay, Policy Lead at the Digital Pound Foundation is in conversation with Varun Paul, Central Bank Digital Currency and Market Infrastructure Director of Fireblocks. They discuss private sector objections to retail Central Bank Digital Currency – how does the recent Bank of England and HM Treasury consultation address these […]
Why Does an Economist Care About CBDCs? | Poundcast Episode 6
In episode 6, our host Jannah Patchay, Policy Lead and one of the originating members of the Digital Pound Foundation, speaks to James Pomeroy, Global Economist at HSBC. In a time where many regions around the world are increasingly moving away from cash, Central Bank Digital Currencies can offer people similar levels of privacy and […]
