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Central banking manual for fighting crises: the need for split personalities
What happens when, as with Trump, the attack comes from inside?
| By David Marsh
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As fintechs build proprietary blockchains, what happens to crypto’s openness?
Can interoperability survive the rise of branded rails?
How cryptocurrencies accelerate geopolitical shifts
Liberal democracies must confront the challenges posed to the traditional financial system
EU’s DLT pilot can still take off if the rules catch up
Regulatory red tape hinders EU’s digital asset plans
Europe potentially doomed to ‘flyover zone’ status for tokenised finance
Arcane row about 'multi-issuance' stablecoins reveals devil's choice for EU
Stablecoins thrive on regulation but is that enough?
Regulators risk abandoning sound principles of same risk, same activity, same regulation
Crypto has a long way to go
The World Bank presents a framework for evaluating cryptoassets in reserve management
Digital public infrastructure is changing the regulatory landscape
Well-designed DPI can boost access to financial services
How permissionless blockchains are evolving for regulated finance
Aligning transparency, governance and compliance
Private versus public: US and Europe diverge over stablecoins
Different approaches to regulation risk fragmenting the global digital finance landscape
Fewer women in tech roles will threaten inclusion and innovation
‘Progress could not merely stall but actively reverse’
European Data Protection Board puts blockchain at a GDPR crossroads
‘Privacy and ‘right to be forgotten’ clashes with blockchain's permanence’
Wildcat banking 2.0: stablecoins and the dollar
Learning from history is crucial to safeguard the dollar’s stability and integrity in the digital age
Trump-era crypto policy: whiplash and a two-edged sword
We are still a long way from the much-vaunted clear regulatory picture
