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Topics: e-CNY• Central Bank Digital Currency• Web3•

Central Bank Digital Currency: Should You Want It Too?

Over the last five months, we have researched and written about e-CNY (China’s Central Bank Digital Currency or CBDC), from its core technology [https://interconnected.blog/e-cny-technology-dcep-e-rmb/] and product experience [https://interconnected.blog/e-cny-the-product/], to the key institutional players [https://interconnected.blog/e-cny-players-dcep-e-rmb/

Topics: e-CNY• Winter Olympics• Blockchain•

e-CNY: The Product

The Olympics have always been an opportunity for the host countries to showcase their athletic, economic, political, and, increasingly, technological power. The Beijing Winter Olympics is perhaps the best example of this tech-dominated narrative yet. So far, the robot baristas, bartenders, and cleaners, as

Topics: e-CNY• Winter Olympics•

Beijing Winter Olympics: What Am I Watching?

Today’s post will be shorter than our usual weekly offering. This is partially due to the amount of cooking I signed myself up to do for the Lunar New Year. (It’s the Year of the Tiger. I’m a Tiger. It’s

Topics: e-CNY• Blockchain•

e-CNY: Strategic Value and Implications

In Part I and II of our e-CNY series, we discussed the key players [https://interconnected.blog/e-cny-players-dcep-e-rmb/] driving this digital currency’s development and the direction of its core technology [https://interconnected.blog/e-cny-technology-dcep-e-rmb/], respectively. (The Interconnected research team compiled all of the

Topics: e-CNY• Blockchain• Digital Currency•

e-CNY: Technology

In Part I [https://interconnected.blog/e-cny-players-dcep-e-rmb/] of our multi-part series on e-CNY, China’s digital currency, we presented an overview of the key players that are driving this project. One of those key players is the Digital Currency Research Institute, a dedicated R&

Topics: e-CNY• Blockchain• Digital Currency•

e-CNY: The Players

China’s tech crack down has truly reached mainstream in the US; even the Daily Show is talking about it. With mainstream attention comes mainstream-level noise, confusion, and missing the forest for the tree. The biggest “forest” that people might miss is China’s