Boston Fed on core CBDC design

The first phase of Project Hamilton – the collaborative central bank digital currency exploration project between the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Digital Currency Initiative – has come to a close. This phase studied the different CBDC models and their technical features, challenges and the opportunities they create. Jim Cunha, executive vice president of secure payments and fintech at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, outlines their technology-agnostic approach and demonstrates new learnings on the potential design of a CBDC.

Speaker:

Jim Cunha
EVP of Secure Payments and Fintech
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

Timings:
15:00-16:00 (London)
10:00-11:00 (New York)

This virtual discussion is part of the OMFIF Digital Monetary Institute. The OMFIF Digital Monetary Institute is a high-level forum which convenes key policy-makers, technology experts, investors and regulators to explore the challenges, opportunities and implications of digital finance in the 2020s. See more information on OMFIF’s DMI here. Please contact folusho.olutosin@omfif.org directly for membership details or register your interest below and we’ll be in touch.