Stablecoins present threat to monetary sovereignty – WEF panel

Panellists discuss delicate balance needed between private and public sector regarding digital money

facebook-mobile-blue
Addressing concerns: Facebook’s David Marcus said such initiatives were born out of a need to solve a problem

Maintaining sovereignty will be one of the biggest challenges that central banks face as they enter a new era of digital money, according to panellists at the World Economic Forum. 

Global stablecoins have the potential to challenge monetary sovereignty and change the way monetary policy works, said Valdis Dombrovskis, executive vice-president of the European Commission. “But I do not think we are at this stage yet,” he added. 

Dombrovskis was joined by policy-makers and private-sector

Only users who have a paid subscription or are part of a corporate subscription are able to print or copy content.

To access these options, along with all other subscription benefits, please contact customer services - www.fx-markets.com/static/contact-us, or view our subscription options here: https://subscriptions.fx-markets.com/subscribe

You are currently unable to copy this content. Please contact info@fx-markets.com to find out more.

Sorry, our subscription options are not loading right now

Please try again later. Get in touch with our customer services team if this issue persists.

New to FX Markets? View our subscription options

Outlook for e-FX: opportunities and risks for banks

As electronification spreads into new areas of FX trading, banks are under pressure to digitise more of their offerings to remain competitive. The race is now on to automate pricing, trading and hedging in areas such as non-deliverable forwards, swaps…

You need to sign in to use this feature. If you don’t have a FX Markets account, please register for a trial.

Sign in
You are currently on corporate access.

To use this feature you will need an individual account. If you have one already please sign in.

Sign in.

Alternatively you can request an indvidual account here: