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Digital Currency Digitization of money

Interconnection and Rivalry in Global Monetary Networks : Strengthening the Dollar in a Shifting Global Economy

IGP is proud to release “Interconnection and Rivalry in Global Monetary Networks”, a comprehensive analysis of the evolving landscape of monetary competition. At a recent House Financial Services Committee hearing titled “A Golden Age of Digital Assets: Charting a Path…

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The Narrative: December 1, 2023

Dispatches from the evolving digital political economy Is De-Dollarization fueled by the rise of Digital Currencies? Nations, particularly within the BRICS alliance, are increasingly exploring alternatives to the US dollar. The rise of Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) is playing…

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Fragmenting the Web: The EU’s Identity Power Play

The Internet Governance Project has signed on to a Joint statement of scientists and NGOs in opposition to Article 45 of the European Union’s eIDAS (Electronic IDentification And trust Services) regulation. Security researchers, digital rights groups and industry all oppose…

Digitization of money

The Digital Assets Series: Part 2 | Digital Asset Classification

The 118th Congress is set on addressing the regulatory vacuum around digital assets. Its April 19 inaugural session on “payment stablecoins” was covered in part 1 of this series, which also explained what stablecoins are and their implications for the…

Digital Trade Digitization of money

The Narrative: The Ethereum Merge; Vietnam’s Data Localization

September 15, 2022 What’s so great about The Merge? Ethereum finally upgraded its Proof of Work architecture to Proof of Stake, thus completing what was commonly being called “the merge.” Up until September 15, 2022, there were two chains running…

Digital Trade

A Digital Rupee and a Tax on Digital Assets in India

A February 1 speech by India’s finance minister, Nirmala Sitharaman, outlined some aspirational goals for the Indian Digital economy. Two announcements that stood out were the launch of Digital Rupee, India’s version of a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC); and…