Cryptocurrencies & CBDC
Cryptocurrencies & CBDC
Cryptocurrencies
Is Tether Ripe for a Bank Run? April 27, 2025
Podcast: Central Banker's Confession on Bitcoin. Host: Anthony Pompliano, May 1, 2023.
CNBC Fintech Webinar: Money without Borders. Host: Bob Pisani. Co-panelists: Jack Kasakowski, Perianne Boring, Sam Bankman-Fried, Brian Kelly, & Cleve Mesidor, April 21, 2022.
The Blockchain Revolution: Decoding Digital Currencies (w/ Fernando Martin). FRB St. Louis Annual Report, 2021.
Blog post: On the Role & Future of Cryptocurrencies. MacroMania, April 23, 2021.
Interview: Bitcoin. Host: Jouell Wright, February 2020.
Whither the Price of Bitcoin? (w/ Andrew Spewak). FRB St. Louis Economic Synopses, 2019.
Interview: On the Prospect of the USD Losing its Global Reserve Status. Host: Laura Shin, October 8, 2019.
Video: Cryptocurrencies (w/ Julie Stackhouse). University of Louisville, April 10, 2019.
Podcast: Cryptocurrencies. SFU Economics Podcast, January 3, 2019.
Video: Blockchain, Cryptocurrencies, & Central Bank Digital Currencies. AEA Meetings, Atlanta, 2019.
Blog post: Smart Contracts & Asset Tokenization, MacroMania, November 8, 2018.
Video: Blockchain, Cryptocurrencies & Central Banks. FRB St. Louis Dialogue with the Fed, August 28, 2018.
Podcast: Bitcoin: Beyond the Basics. FRB St. Louis Timely Topics Podcast. Host: Laura Taylor, August 27, 2018.
Blockchain: What It Is, What It Does, & Why You Probably Don't Need One. FRB St. Louis Review, 2018. Related blog post.
Blog post: Can the Blockchain Kill Fake News? MacroMania, December 30, 2016.
Blog post: Why the Blockchain Should Be Familiar To You. Macromania, May 6, 2016.
Blog post: Monetary Policy Implications of Blockchain Technology. MacroMania, May 1, 2016.
Blog post: Is Bitcoin a Safe Asset? MacroMania, March 27, 2016.
Video: Bitcoin: A Decentralized Public-Ledger Digital-Asset-Transfer Mechanism. Bendheim Lecture, Princeton University, May 1, 2015.
Blog post: Bitcoin & Central Banking. MacroMania, 2015.
Blog post: Money & Payments or How We Move Marbles. MacroMania, February 1, 2015.
Blog post: Bitcoiners, Surely We Can Do Buiter Than This? MacroMania, November 27, 2014.
Bitcoin & Beyond: The Possibilities & Pitfalls of Virtual Currencies. FRB Atlanta, Jacksonville Branch, November 16, 2014.
Video: Bitcoin & Beyond. SFU Vancouver Speakers Series, July 7, 2014.
Write-up on my first Bitcoin presentation. Business Insider, April 6, 2014.
Video: Bitcoin & Beyond--The Possibilities & Pitfalls of Virtual Currencies. FRB St. Louis Dialogue with the Fed, March 31, 2014. Slide Deck.
Blog post: Why Gold & Bitcoin Make Lousy Money. MacroMania, April 24, 2013.
Central Bank Digital Currency
Technological Change and Central Banking. FRB St. Louis Review, 2024.
Video (43 min mark): Technological Change and Central Banking. 11th IMF Statistical Forum, Washington, D.C., November 15, 2023.
Panel Interview: Why is Russia Launching a CBDC? Host: Brittany Terrell, September 6, 2023.
A Flawed Argument for CBDC. Economist Magazine (in which Chris Waller & I agree that the disappearance of physical cash is not an argument for CBDC), June 8, 2023.
Some Thoughts on Central Bank Digital Currency. Cato Journal, Spring/Summer, 2021.
Interview: Navigating the ABCs of CBDCs. Host. Laura Taylor, June 30, 2021.
On the Necessity & Desirability of a Central Bank Digital Currency in Central Bank Digital Currency: Considerations, Projects, Outlook, edited by Dirk Niepelt, November 2021.
Assessing the Impact of Central Bank Digital Currency on Private Banks. Economic Journal, 2021.
Interview: Central Bank Digital Currencies. Host: Paul Buitink, November 21, 2020.
Central Bank Digital Currencies & Private Banks. VoxEU, March 17, 2019.
Interview: The Impact of CBDC on the Banking Sector. Hosts: Brian Fabian Crain & Sebastien Couture, December 18, 2018.
Blog post: Fedcoin & Blockchain. MacroMania, December 27, 2017.
Interview: Fedcoin--The Implications of Cryptocurrencies Issued by Central Banks. Hosts: Brian Fabian Crain & Sebastien Couture, June 15, 2015.
Video Presentation: Fedcoin: On the Desirability of a Government Cryptocurrency. International Workshop on P2P Financial Systems, Frankfurt, February, 2015. Related Blog Post, February 3, 2015.