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Fintech Frontlines

Apr 21, 2025

Fast payments in action: Emerging lessons from Brazil and India

By Polina Kempinsky

These lessons are shaping a framework governments can use to evaluate their need for central bank-led immediate payment systems, their potential structure, organizational features, and the trade-offs involved.

Brazil Digital Currencies

In the News

Apr 4, 2025

Kumar quoted in NewsNation on the new US crypto strategic reserve

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Digital Currencies Digital Policy

In the News

Apr 4, 2025

Kumar quoted by Central Banking on the Bank of Russia’s role in sanctions evasion and building alternative payment infrastructure

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Digital Currencies Digital Policy

New Atlanticist

Apr 3, 2025

The European Commission’s Teresa Ribera: ‘We will defend’ Europeans in the face of new US tariffs

By Katherine Golden

The United States' new sweeping tariffs are “bad news for the whole world—including Americans,” Ribera said at an Atlantic Council Front Page event.

Digital Policy Economy & Business

GeoTech Cues

Apr 1, 2025

DeepSeek shows the US and EU the costs of failing to govern AI

By Ryan Pan, Kolja Verhage

The West must urgently consider what DeepSeek’s R1 model means for the future of democracy in the AI era.

Artificial Intelligence China

In the News

Mar 24, 2025

House quoted in Axios on stablecoin legislation

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Digital Currencies Digital Policy

In the News

Mar 24, 2025

Donovan interviewed for the Public Key Podcast on the role of cryptocurrencies in global sanctions

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Digital Currencies Digital Policy

Econographics

Mar 14, 2025

What is strategic about the new digital assets reserve?

By JP Schnapper-Casteras

To many on Wall Street and Main Street, this executive order on a strategic bitcoin reserve may still seem more like political maneuvering than sober monetary policy.

Digital Currencies Digital Policy

Issue Brief

Mar 13, 2025

India’s path to AI autonomy

By Mohamed Elbashir, Kishore Balaji Desikachari

India is taking a distinctive approach to the global race for artificial intelligence (AI) supremacy.

Artificial Intelligence Digital Policy

Testimony

Mar 12, 2025

Carole House testifies to House Committee on Financial Services on regulation and security in stablecoins and digital payments

By Carole House

On March 11, Senior Fellow Carole House testified to the House Committee on Financial Services at a hearing titled, "Examining a Federal Framework for Payment Stablecoins and Consequences of a US Central Bank Digital Currency."

Digital Currencies Digital Policy

Experts

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