How CBDCs and stablecoins can coexist: FIS panel discussion
Eetu Kuneinen argued against CBDCs as they are "centralized by nature," saying that certain dangers come with government control. At the recent Future Innovation Summit event held in Dubai, Cointelegraph moderated a panel titled “Stablecoins, Central Bank Digital Currencies and Cross-Border Payments” to explore if CBDCs and stablecoins can coexist and how this would be possible. The panel included Jorge Carrasco, the managing director of FTI Consulting; Nikita Sachdev, the founder of Luna Media Corp; Jagadeshwaran Kothandapani, the head for Middle East and Africa for Citibank; and Eetu Kuneinen, the co-founder of the gold-backed stable coin project DGC. The Future Innovation Summit held in the Jumeirah Beach Hotel in Dubai. Source: Cointelegraph The group explored various topics, answering whether stablecoins and CBDCs can coexist. According to Kuneinen, CBDCs would be “centralized by nature” as they would be issued by the government, even though they may be built on ...