Interview

At the heart of this transformation are central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), which are now being piloted, reconsidered, or quietly shelved by central banks around the world. One of the field’s foremost experts, John Kiff, formerly of the Bank of Canada and the International Monetary Fund, has been at the forefront of these developments.

In this episode of the Bitcoin, Fiat & Rock’n’Roll podcast, Joachim Schwerin, Principal Economist at the European Commission issued a clear call to action: preserve the core values of decentralisation. Schwerin supports a new initiative: the Digital Freedom Declaration.