Thread by @ChainLinkGod

Next at #SmartCon is Clark Parsons, Managing Director at Internet Economy Foundation on the Digital Euro

Study is coming out in collaboration with @chainlink on building an Internet Economy fit for the Digital Euro

The IE.F is an independent Think Tank, not funded by governments, trade federations, or tech companies

Working for Europe's Digital Future

Europe has been behind in the Web 2 race unfortunately

Published a lot of studies through multiple papers

Study coming out in collaboration with @chainlink

Focused on Digital Euro in Europe (cc: @ecb)

Focused on design choices and architecture for CBDCs

Huge opportunity for CBDCs (third image)

Recommendations from the report for the @ecb while they're designing the Digital Euro CBDC

Allow EU to stay relevant in terms of financial Sovereignty

Thank you for the presentation, panel coming up

A big shift in anti-trust discussions, happened with negative consequences with monopolies and disinformation in global advertising

Crypto and blockchain are no longer fringe concept