Trust in digital currencies: what we know, what we don’t know and what we need to know
 
SPEAKERS:
 
  • Jean-Pierre Landau, profesor de Economía de la Escuela de Asuntos Públicos Sciences Po, anterior vicegobernador del Banco de Francia.
     
  • John Whelan, director general de Banca de Inversión Digital de Banco Santander

Jean-Pierre Landau, Professor of Economics, Sciences Po School of Public Affairs, former Deputy Governor, Banque de France with John Whelan, Managing Director, Digital Investment Bank, Banco Santander

This session will examine the challenges facing the variety of digital currencies, existing and under development, in building and keeping the trust of the public, authorities, counterparties and politicians. Jean-Pierre Landau, leader of the French government’s task force on digital currencies, and John Whelan, will discuss the ethical, psychological, legal and governance measures developers of digital currencies can take to foster trust and acceptance.

Trust in digital currencies

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