Central Bank Digital Currency Tracker

Our flagship Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) Tracker takes you inside the rapid evolution of money all over the world. The interactive database now features 130 countries representing 98% of global GDP.

Cryptocurrency Regulation Tracker

Cryptocurrencies may significantly alter financial structures as they exist today and transform the next generation of money and payments. Our interactive database analyzes the state of cryptocurrency regulations in 60 of the world’s largest economies.

At the intersection of economics, finance, and foreign policy, the GeoEconomics Center is a translation hub with the goal of helping shape a better global economic future.

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Econographics

Jan 28, 2025

The 2025 crypto policy landscape: Looming EU and US divergences?

By Hung Tran, Barbara C. Matthews

High level regulatory and policy alignment is possible. Divergences, heated rhetoric, and drama are inevitable.

Digital Currencies Economy & Business

In the News

Jan 28, 2025

Lipsky quoted in Reuters on Trump’s impact on CBDC development in the US

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Digital Currencies Digital Policy

Econographics

Jan 23, 2025

What is next for crypto regulation in the US?

By Ananya Kumar

What does success on the regulatory front actually look like? What does it mean for the rest of the world? We dive into the dozen bills under consideration in Congress and zoom in on the three big themes for crypto regulation in 2025.

Digital Currencies Digital Policy

New Atlanticist

Jan 3, 2025

Five big questions about the global economy in 2025

By Josh Lipsky, Sophia Busch

The answers to each of these questions will help determine the United States’ economic standing in the next twenty-five years.

China Digital Currencies

In the News

Jan 1, 2025

Tran and CBDC Tracker cited in a report from the Economist on the economic impacts of financial fragmentation

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Digital Currencies Economy & Business

In the News

Dec 19, 2024

Kumar quoted by ABC News on bitcoin’s long-term outlook and its viability as a strategic reserve asset

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Digital Currencies Economy & Business

New Atlanticist

Dec 19, 2024

By the numbers: The global economy in 2024

By GeoEconomics Center experts

Our GeoEconomics Center experts take you inside the numbers that mattered—including many you may have missed—in 2024.

Digital Currencies Digital Policy

In the News

Dec 6, 2024

Kumar quoted by the Washington Post on Trump’s plan for federal bitcoin reserve

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Digital Currencies United States and Canada

In the News

Nov 24, 2024

The Central Bank Digital Currency Tracker featured by Cointelegraph on India’s digital currency

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Digital Currencies India

In the News

Nov 24, 2024

Kumar quoted by the Pinnacle Gazette on bitcoin’s inadequate role as a safe hedge against inflation

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Digital Currencies United States and Canada

Experts