Digital Currencies: CBDCs And Stablecoins

Why Do Governments, Companies And Individuals Need Them?

Created by: Expert Academy
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What Will I Learn?

• An explanation of CBDC and digital currencies and the differences.
• An overview of different types of Blockchains.
• The technology behind Digital Assets.
• The role CBDCs can play for governments to have in effect a new tool to help control their economies including tackling the informal economy.
• The decline of cash - focus on UK and Sweden.
• The decline of the US$ as the world’s reserve currency.
• How technology can be used to make a more inclusive and fairer society.
• The dangers of our current banking system.
• Fractional banking - why digital currency is safer than a bank deposit.

Requirements

• A beginners' understanding of digital currencies.

Target audience

• People looking for a concise background about Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDC) and stablecoins (digital money). Why governments and corporations are introducing these new forms of payments and the impact digital currencies will have on businesses and macroeconomics.
• Business students and those in the financial services sector interested in new methods of payments and business processes.
• People striving for a more inclusive society and helping those currently excluded from financial markets.
• Board directors, managers and shareholders looking to reduce risk and improve business efficiency
• Regulators looking at how technology can treat customers even more fairly