by CEPR eBook, with Stephen Cecchetti, Hélène Rey, Xavier Vives. 2 June 2026. PDF, HTML. Column: New Coins on the Block: Digital Currencies and the Financial System (with Stephen Cecchetti, Hélène Rey, and Xavier Vives). VoxEU, June 2, 2026. HTML. The crypto system is no longer a sideshow. Dollar stablecoins now put dollar claims into circulation well beyond the regulated US banking perimeter, and cryptoisation is beginning to transform the international monetary and financial system. This column argues that the changes crypto sets in motion will be shaped by institutions and technological innovation. Who issues money, who anchors it, and who bears the cost when things go wrong are central issues. But as money migrates onto programmable, cross-border rails, the resilience of the rail
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Dirk Niepelt considers the following as important: Central bank digital currency, Contributions, Deposit token, Digital finance, Finance, Financial stability, Research, Singleness, stablecoin, Token, Tokenized deposits
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CEPR eBook, with Stephen Cecchetti, Hélène Rey, Xavier Vives. 2 June 2026. PDF, HTML.
Column: New Coins on the Block: Digital Currencies and the Financial System (with Stephen Cecchetti, Hélène Rey, and Xavier Vives). VoxEU, June 2, 2026. HTML.
The crypto system is no longer a sideshow. Dollar stablecoins now put dollar claims into circulation well beyond the regulated US banking perimeter, and cryptoisation is beginning to transform the international monetary and financial system. This column argues that the changes crypto sets in motion will be shaped by institutions and technological innovation. Who issues money, who anchors it, and who bears the cost when things go wrong are central issues. But as money migrates onto programmable, cross-border rails, the resilience of the rail itself becomes part of what determines which monies are trusted. Digital money will be reliable only where sound institutions and robust technology come together.