The Potential of Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs)
Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) have garnered significant attention in recent years as central banks around the world explore the possibility of issuing their own digital currencies. In this article, we’ll delve into the potential of CBDCs, their implications for the global financial system, and the opportunities and challenges they present. Understanding CBDCs CBDCs are digital representations of a country’s fiat currency issued by its central bank. Unlike cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin or Ethereum, which are decentralized and operate on a public blockchain, CBDCs are centralized and typically run on a permissioned blockchain or distributed ledger technology (DLT) controlled by the central bank....