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A new federal government is emerging in Germany – but what does this mean for the financial sector? Regulation, digitalisation, competitiveness: politics has a major influence on how the market develops.
In the latest Talk between the Towers, I talked to Dirk about the industry’s most important demands on the new government. What course must be set now to promote innovation and advance Germany as a financial centre.
In October, I was invited by Sergey Lagodinskyto discuss the geopolitical dimension and effects of technological competition with Dr. Janka Oertel and Dr. Dimitrios Argirakos at the Europa Haus in Berlin. Even in the preliminary discussion, the panelists quickly agreed on what has been lacking in Europe in recent years. In recent years, Europe and Germany have rested too much on their own (economic) dominance in the tailwind of US and US-influenced rule-based globalization and must now enter the competition more confidently.
In my contributions, I have repeatedly emphasized that regulation alone will not take us forward. The paper-based financial system in particular will lose influence in the competition between systems in the long term and the new financial world will be increasingly determined by code. If Europe wants to maintain its position as an economic power, it needs innovation and we must offer the world a reliable financial infrastructure that is based on the rule of law and, above all, open.
The digital age is not determined by legislators, but by the code that is written and used.
Perfect read for the start of the crypto winter!
Super happy that the updated and English Version of Sven Hilgers and my paper on the different development waves of digital currencies and the future of money is published and available for free on Freiheit.org.
In the updated version take the developments of the last couple of months into account and extended our policy recommendations in light of the Proposals discussed in the European Union. Hope you enjoy the read!
Wieso gibt es Bitcoins, was ist eine Blockchain und brauchen wir einen digitalen Euro?
Gemeinsam mit Sven Hilgers habe ich für die Friedrich-Naumann-Stiftung für die Freiheit ein Papier zu digitalen Währungen und der Zukunft unseres Geld verfasst. Wir zeichnen im Papier die Entwicklung rund um Bitcoin der letzten Jahre nach und skizzieren dabei die Entstehung der verschiedenen digitalen Währung in vier Wellen. Das Papier soll als Informationsgrundlage für Entscheider dienen und die Grundlage für die weitere Diskussion über den digitalen Euro und die Regulierung von Kryptowährungen bilden.
Das Papier könnt ihr hier kostenlose runterladen.