Digital Pound Foundation
A non-profit organisation working towards a well-designed Digital Pound.
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Article | Stabilising stablecoins: What can we learn from the collapse of TerraUSD? - Digital Pound Foundation
Article | Stabilising stablecoins: What can we learn from the collapse of TerraUSD? - Digital Pound Foundation
Blog | The future role of digital public money
Blog | The future role of digital public money
Author: Jannah Patchay, Policy Lead, Digital Pound Foundation The Digital Pound Foundation is committed to supporting the development of a well-designed digital Pound. This might be in public (central bank-issued) or private (privately issued stablecoins) form, and most likely a combination of the two - and an effective and diverse ecosystem for these new forms
Article | Can digital currencies end financial exclusion?
Article | Can digital currencies end financial exclusion?
In the post-pandemic UK economy, why is it that financial exclusion rates are on the rise? Here at the Digital Pound Foundation, we want to start a conversation exploring how we can actively participate in building a more inclusive financial system, how the introduction of a digital Pound can help achieve this, and how we can support the development of a digital Pound that is "inclusive by design”.
Webinar | Financial Inclusion
Webinar | Financial Inclusion
Blog | Why is the UK retail payments landscape so unprepared for a digital Pound?
Blog | Why is the UK retail payments landscape so unprepared for a digital Pound?
Co-authored by Martin Hargeaves, Phil Kenworthy, and Jannah Patchay Pay.UK is the leading operator of retail payments infrastructure in the UK. It operates most of the UK’s national retail payment systems: BACS, Faster Payments, and the Image Clearing System (which provides a digital mechanism for processing cheques). Pay.UK undertakes these activities under the supervision of
Article | Cybersecurity and risk considerations for CBDCs
Article | Cybersecurity and risk considerations for CBDCs
Authored by Gilbert Verdian, Founder and CEO of Quant, and Digital Pound Foundation Board Director Governments and central banks around the world are exploring the benefits that a central bank digital currency can bring to their economies. Not only must they deliver the policy benefits envisaged – including driving digital innovation, growth and increasing financial
Commentary | President Biden’s Executive Order and the Digital Dollar: The race for pole position is heating up in global CBDC development
Commentary | President Biden’s Executive Order and the Digital Dollar: The race for pole position is heating up in global CBDC development
Authored by Jannah Patchay, DPF Originating Member On 9th March 2022, US President Biden issued an Executive Order on Ensuring Responsible Development of Digital Assets. The Order instructs a range of federal agencies and regulators to analyse and report back on various aspects of digital assets and the digital asset ecosystem, including, but not limited
Article | What is SWIFT? What does ejecting Russia achieve? Can Russia evade sanctions through Bitcoin and other cryptocurrency assets?
Article | What is SWIFT? What does ejecting Russia achieve? Can Russia evade sanctions through Bitcoin and other cryptocurrency assets?
Co-authored by Jannah Patchay, Jim Ford, Phil Kenworthy, and Jonathan Marriott Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the US, EU and UK have quickly moved to implement sanctions against Russian financial institutions, companies and individual oligarchs. After much discussion and negotiation, it was also announced that Russian banks would be ejected from the SWIFT network. Opinion
Webinar | Digital Money: Global markets and the coming revolution in cross-border settlement
Webinar | Digital Money: Global markets and the coming revolution in cross-border settlement
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clcLZFn7coU&t On 24 February, the Digital Pound Foundation hosted a webinar entitled ‘Global markets and the coming revolution in cross-border settlement’. The session discussed how new forms of digital money, including central bank digital currency, are opening up possibilities for wholesale cross-border transaction settlement. These new forms of money have the potential to revolutionise the
Digital Pound Foundation announces partnership with CryptoUK
Digital Pound Foundation announces partnership with CryptoUK
The Digital Pound Foundation (DPF) today announces a new strategic partnership with CryptoUK as part of its plans to foster a stronger ecosystem for new forms of digital money in the UK. Incorporated in June 2021 and formally launched in October 2021, the DPF is an independent, non-profit organisation which works with a variety of
Article | CBDCs are more than a solution to a problem: Response to the House of Lords CBDC report
Article | CBDCs are more than a solution to a problem: Response to the House of Lords CBDC report
Co-authored by Jannah Patchay, Jim Ford and Phil Kenworthy, on behalf of the Digital Pound Foundation’s Policy, Legal and Regulatory Working Group The House of Lords Economic Affairs Committee (EAC) published a report, in January 2022, entitled “Central bank digital currencies: a solution in search of a problem?”. The report’s publication followed the EAC’s Call
Blog | New wine in old wineskins: Are central bank digital currencies just another development in the payments landscape or are they a paradigm shift?
Blog | New wine in old wineskins: Are central bank digital currencies just another development in the payments landscape or are they a paradigm shift?
Author: Jim Ford, Originating Member, Digital Pound Foundation Before the advent of bottles, wine was held in wineskins, usually made of goat or sheep hair. Newly-produced wine was always poured into new wineskins because old or used wineskins would expand and explode under the pressure of the new wine. Similarly, with central bank digital currencies,
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An independent organisation working with a variety of stakeholders and participants towards the implementation of a well-designed Digital Pound.
Blog | Introducing new forms of digital money
Blog | Introducing new forms of digital money
Given that money touches everyone and everything, the implications associated with new forms of digital money, public or private, are enormous.
House of Lords Economic Affairs Committee Call for Evidence: Central Bank Digital Currencies
House of Lords Economic Affairs Committee Call for Evidence: Central Bank Digital Currencies
This is a copy of the Digital Pound Foundation's submission to the House of Lords Economic Affairs Committee in response to their Call for Evidence on Central Bank Digital Currencies. The evidence was originally submitted on 22nd October 2021, and published on the House of Lords website here (CDC0033). Summary of Response The genie is
Paper | The Retail versus Wholesale Debate
Paper | The Retail versus Wholesale Debate
How does the market look today? When looking at the payments aspect of central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), distinctions are frequently made between wholesale and retail systems and infrastructure. While this approach may reflect the traditional and legacy infrastructures that are currently in place, the opportunity for change brought about by the digital revolution raises
Webinar | The Future of Money – does the UK need a digital Pound? A fireside chat with the Bank of England
Webinar | The Future of Money – does the UK need a digital Pound? A fireside chat with the Bank of England
Paper | Harnessing creativity, ingenuity and uniquely British values to bring about a well conceived digital Pound
Paper | Harnessing creativity, ingenuity and uniquely British values to bring about a well conceived digital Pound
The new technologies of the digital revolution have triggered the development a new form of money. It is now technologically possible to deploy what is now known as a digital currency for universal use across the globe. It is also possible to do that in parallel with conventional fiat currency, ultimately replacing less efficient or secure current forms of money. Bitcoin and Libra have paved the way, and many private and publicly owned enterprises are looking to implement their own versions. It appears that it is here to stay.
Press Release | Digital Pound Foundation Launch
Press Release | Digital Pound Foundation Launch
A broad coalition of academic and industry experts respond to the questions posed by the Bank of England on the topic of new forms of digital money.
Which? Podcast: Move over Bitcoin... here comes Britcoin
Which? Podcast: Move over Bitcoin... here comes Britcoin
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