Crypto- and CBD Currencies: What is the Future of Digital Finance?

Report of the intervention of Maria Demertzis, Deputy Director of Bruegel, during the Belgian Financial Forum webinar on “The road towards a ‘new’ financial system?” of 12 October 2021, written by Frank Lierman, Chairman of the Editorial Board of the Revue bancaire et financière. This report is further based on two opinion articles by Maria Demertzis, published by Bruegel in the course of 2021.