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Why Central Banks Are Issuing Digital Currencies Now
Season 2
Episode 65
Published 4 days, 21 hours ago
Description
Episode 65 of Monetary Policy Explained with Fexingo drills into the quiet, practical reasons central banks from the Bahamas to Sweden to China are pushing out retail central bank digital currencies (CBDCs). Lucas and Luna unpack why it's not about replacing cash or surveilling citizens, but about defending monetary sovereignty as private crypto and Big Tech payments gain ground. They walk through the Bahamas' Sand Dollar launch as the first live retail CBDC, explain the 'digital dollar' pilot at the Boston Fed, and debate whether CBDCs are a genuine policy upgrade or a solution in search of a problem. Specific, grounded, and skeptical without being cynical. No clickbait, no hype — just the economics of digital fiat.