Digital money in the financial industries. Which options are most promising?
Deutsche Bundesbank published an article in its recent monthly bulletin addressing this question. Key observations: 1️⃣ The financial sector expects substantial efficiency gains from the combination of using a DLT and the tokenization of assets. Key efficiency drivers...
Cryptocurrencies: How dangerous is the new money?
ARTE has recently published a documentary on Bitcoin titled “Cryptocurrencies: how dangerous is the new money”. The documentary lets opponents and proponents of #Bitcoin speak and (mainly) provides a balanced discussion. Clearly, progress in the public reporting on...
PayPal launches its own stablecoin: A deep dive
On Monday August 7, PayPal announced that it will launch a US dollar stablecoin, called PYUSD. This step is not surprising, because it is known for quite a while that PayPal is working on its own stablecoin. Still, it is a tremendous step for the whole crypto sector....