“The bad news is I’m a central banker and we don’t tend to speak for less than 45 mins. The good news is I’ll be about 25 mins today,” jokes Sir Jon Cunliffe of @bankofengland.
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“As the use of cash has diminished, commercial bank digital money has come to dominate transactions in the UK,” says Sir Jon Cunliffe of @bankofengland. “But we will continue to issue cash as long as there is any demand for it.”
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“Tokenisation and smart contracts offer many benefits,” says Sir Jon Cunliffe of @bankofengland. “This has major implications for us. We’re ultimately responsible for ensuring that each of the monies circulating is robust and uniform.”
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Sir Jon Cunliffe of @bankofengland makes it clear that “systematic stablecoins” need to be backed by deposits.
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“Tokenised bank deposits could offer some if not all of the functionality of stablecoins in a much simpler proposition,” says Sir Jon Cunliffe of @bankofengland.
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“No decision has yet been taken on the issuance of a digital pound but it is likely to be needed,” says Sir Jon Cunliffe of @bankofengland. “We see two main drivers: the need to anchor the value and robustness of all monies. And…
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“Secondly, we want to maximise the innovation and competition around digital money.”
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“The question is not when but how we should cater for tokenised transactions to settle in central bank money,” says Sir Jon Cunliffe of @bankofengland.
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