Digital Currencies

Digital payment systems are bringing millions of unbanked and underbanked online and rapidly revolutionizing global finance. But new technology brings new challenges. From cybersecurity to sanctions evasion to money laundering. Should more governments step in and create their own Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs)? What are China’s ambitions for its digital yuan? Can a transatlantic cooperative project can set new standards on digital currencies and ensure stable and transparent cross-border payments?

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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In the News

Jul 25, 2021

Manning in the Hill: Bye-bye, Bitcoin

By Atlantic Council

On July 25, Manning published an op-ed in The Hill calling for the banning of cryptocurrencies, which quickly accrued more than a million views. “But the insidious new industry of cyber hacking and ransomware is an unacceptable disruptive threat to American economic security. It is a problem that is growing, not subsiding. And the proliferation […]

Cybersecurity Digital Currencies

In the News

Jul 22, 2021

CBDC tracker cited in InvestorPlace

By The GeoEconomics Center

Read the full article here. Explore the CBDC tracker here.

Digital Currencies United States and Canada

In the News

Jul 22, 2021

CBDC tracker highlighted in Axios Markets newsletter

By The GeoEconomics Center

Read the full article here. Explore the CBDC tracker here.

Digital Currencies United States and Canada

In the News

Jul 22, 2021

CBDC tracker featured in Yahoo News

By The GeoEconomics Center

Read the full article here. Explore the CBDC tracker here.

Digital Currencies United States and Canada

In the News

Jul 22, 2021

CBDC tracker highlighted in Axios

By The GeoEconomics Center

Read the full article here. Explore the CBDC tracker here.

Digital Currencies United States and Canada

EnergySource

Jul 21, 2021

Bitcoin mining: Digital money printing with real world footprints?

By Julia Nesheiwat

As interest in cryptocurrency surges and scrutiny over energy usage intensifies, new policies and market mechanisms to improve ESG standards and use clean energy for bitcoin mining have become increasingly important.

Central Europe Digital Currencies

In the News

Jul 19, 2021

Lipsky quoted in Washington Post on Treasury meeting on stablecoins

By Josh Lipsky

Read the whole article here.

Digital Currencies Digital Policy

New Atlanticist

Jul 15, 2021

Why China’s digital currency threatens the country’s tech giants

By Jeremy Mark

China's drive to develop technologies fueled by data has given its corporate crackdown a more profound purpose: to expand the data sources available to the government.

China Digital Currencies

In the News

Jul 15, 2021

Lipsky quoted in Fortune on the national security implications of CBDCs

By Josh Lipsky

Read the whole article here.

Digital Currencies Digital Policy

New Atlanticist

Jul 1, 2021

Regulation: The solution to Bitcoin’s risks and unrealized benefits

By Hung Tran

Cryptocurrency regulation currently ranges around the world from nonexistent or partial regulations to prohibitions. Here are the key areas to focus on to build better policy.

Climate Change & Climate Action Digital Currencies

Experts