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May 12, 2021

Reading list: Central bank digital currencies

By Niels Graham

General CBDC Analysis 

• Caitlin Ostroff
  • Why Central Banks Want to Create Their Own Digital Currencies Like Bitcoin
• Bank of International Settlements 
  • Central bank digital currencies: foundational principles and core features
• The Economist 
  • What is the fuss over central-bank digital currencies?
  • Will central-bank digital currencies break the banking system?
• Stephanie Segal 
  • Central Bank Digital Currency, Design Choices, and Impacts on Currency Internationalization
• Ashley Lannquist
  • Central Bank Digital Currency Policy‑Maker Toolkit
• Francesca Carapella
  • Central Bank Digital Currency: A Literature Review
• Nikhil Raghuveera
  • Design choices of Central Bank Digital Currencies will transform digital payments and geopolitics

Inclusivity Focused CBDC Analysis 

• Eve Lee
  • Central Bank Digital Currencies: Tools for an Inclusive Future?
• Jesse Leigh Maniff
  • Motives Matter: Examining Potential Tension in Central Bank Digital Currency Designs
  • Inclusion by Design: Crafting a Central Bank Digital Currency to Reach All Americans
  • Comparing Means of Payment: What Role for a Central Bank Digital Currency?

Security Focused CBDC Analysis 

• Yaya J. Fanusie
  • Central Bank Digital Currencies: The Threat From Money Launderers and How to Stop Them
• Charles M. Kahn
  • Security and convenience of a central bank digital currency

United States CBDC Focused Analysis 

• Angela N Lawson
  • Preconditions for a general-purpose central bank digital currency
  • The conversation on general-purpose central bank digital currency
• Josh Lipsky
  • How Janet Yellen can help deliver the digital dollar
• Michael S. Derby
  • Boston Fed Staffers Offer Road Map in Digital-Dollar Research Effort
  • Powell Says Congressional Support Likely Needed to Adopt Fully Digital Dollar
• Frederick Kempe
  • Why the US can’t afford to fall behind in the global digital currency race
• Jeremy Ney
  • Central Bank Digital Currencies and the Long-Term Advancement of Financial Stability
• Citi
  • Two Paths to Tomorrow’s Money

European Union Focused CBDC Analysis 

• Marc-Olivier Strauss-Kahn
  • A Digital Euro
• Martin Arnold
  • ECB confident it can overcome challenges to create a digital euro
• European Central Bank
  • Report on a digital euro  
• Teunis Brosens
  • Why banks need to pay attention to where a digital euro is heading

China Focused CBDC Analysis 

• David Pan
  • CoinDesk 50: How the People’s Bank of China Became a CBDC Leader
• Hung Tran
  • Can China’s digital yuan really challenge the dollar?
• James T. Areddy
  • China Creates Its Own Digital Currency, a First for Major Economy