This is an opinion editorial by Taimur Ahmad, a graduate student at Stanford University, focusing on energy, environmental policy and international politics. Author’s note: This is the first part of a ...

To the editor: A fundamental reimagining of the existing financial banking system and global commerce was the centerpiece of the keynote speech by Agustin Carstens, General Manager of the Bank for ...

Alex Pron founded Crossover Capital to help entrepreneurs, RIAs and family offices develop a responsible plan to approach digital assets. You’ve undoubtedly heard the phrase “history repeats itself” ...

In this article, I will detail why the incumbent global financial system is irreversibly broken, how it got to this point, and what the world will look like coming out the other side of the present ...

The monetary system of the future will be a collaborative effort between cryptocurrency technology that has largely been demonstrated and central banks, according to the International Monetary Fund ...

This content has been selected, created and edited by the Finextra editorial team based upon its relevance and interest to our community. A special chapter of the BIS Annual Economic Report 2023 ...

Here’s a good question: Can digital currency (DC) thrive within the two-tier monetary system that banks use the world over? After all, the current system has stood the test of time and is used by, ...

The first deputy governor at Banque de France calls central bank digital currency “the catalyst for improving cross-border payments.“ Representatives of Banque de France, the French central bank, have ...

Understanding the monetary system is foundational to seeing what’s wrong with the current system and to have a true grasp of Bitcoin and its importance. “If you want to make an apple pie from scratch, ...

Fifty years ago, the world changed. On August 15, 1971, US President Richard Nixon slammed shut the “gold window,” suspending dollar convertibility. Although it was not Nixon’s intention, this act ...