Could a CBDC topple the US dollar?
Fintech Beat, Ep. 51
Famed University of California Berkeley economist Barry Eichengreen joins Fintech Beat to dig into whether a digital euro or yuan would get the biggest competitive boost vis-a-vis the U.S. dollar and whether Facebook’s newly devised Libra could still pose a systemic risk to the global economy.
Show Notes:
- China’s digital yuan gets ready for prime time
- Is Libra 2.0 good enough?
- Comparing COVID-19 and fintech in Hong Kong and China
- E-commerce, surveillance, and COVID-19 in China
- How will fintechs survive a new financial crisis?
