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Could a CBDC topple the US dollar?

Fintech Beat, Ep. 51

Is it possible for a digital euro or yuan to topple the U.S. dollar?
Is it possible for a digital euro or yuan to topple the U.S. dollar? (Jack Taylor/Getty Images)

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.

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