Central Bank Digital Currency? How money could be redesigned

A carefully designed Central Bank Digital Currency could result in a new payments tool with the best features of cash, digital payments and crypto. Image: By Karolina Grabowska/Pexels
Neha Narula
Director, Digital Currency Initiative, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Lana Swartz
Associate Professor of Media Studies, University of Virginia

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