Dong He

Dong He, Deputy Director at the IMF's Monetary and Capital Markets Department, and Yan Liu, Assistant General Counsel at the IMF's Legal Department, dive into the future of Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs). They explore the rising interest from central banks and the challenges of balancing privacy with anti-money laundering regulations. The discussion also covers how CBDCs could bolster financial inclusion and the impact of cryptocurrencies on traditional banking systems, including the effects of Facebook's Libra.