The BoE shows stablecoins who's the boss, while researchers show they just aren't stable. Asia leads the CBDC race and geopolitics and AI become synonymous.
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Artwork of the day: "Astro Boy", Tezuka Productions, 1963-01, From the collection of: Tezuka Osamu
Japanese manga and animation are popular worldwide and are helping more and more people to connect. TEZUKA Osamu, sometimes called the “God of Manga,” laid the foundation for this exchange.
Tezuka believed that one day manga would become an “international language.” He was right!
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The two top stories of the week are both about stablecoins! The Bank of England is crushing them, and new research shows how unstable they really are.
The Bank of England makes it clear they are not a fan of stablecoins!
Bank of England CRUSHES stablecoins with TOUGH proposed regulations!
These regs are so long that for ease of consumption I am providing links only: BOE website: here BOE PDF DOWNLOAD: here FCA PDF: here BOE ROADMAP FOR REGULATORY AUTHORITY OVER SCs, website : here
New research shows just how “unstable” stablecoins really are
STABLECOINS NOT STABLE: 1914 DEPEGS SO FAR THIS YEAR!
Links to two Moody’s sites: Announcement of the “Digital Asset Monitor”: here The demo for the Digital Asset Monitor: here The BIS paper can be downloaded below: Stablecoins reputation for stability is CRUSHED with 609 depegs of “large cap” coins this year. Not so stable!
Stablecoins aren’t the only game in town when it comes to going “cashless,” and CBDCs still dominate.
And where are the most CBDCs being developed? Why Asia, of course!
Asia takes the lead in CBDC development!
ASIA DOMINATES PWC Global CBDC INDEX!
Asia takes 5 of 10 spots in the top 10! The 2023 CBDC index shows ASIA dominating the listings! CBDCs and stablecoins are making big progress in 2023. PWC summarizes the state of the market and provides country-by-country breakdowns! 👉TAKEAWAYS: ➣CBDC
Geopolitics is inseparable from fintech and AI. You can’t use either technology without acknowledging their larger impact on nations.
Geopolitics of AI
The geopolitics of artificial intelligence or "why the world is not singing Kumbaya over AI"
👉TAKEAWAYS: 🔹 AI is pivotal to the unfolding, and end state, of US-China competition: The compounding economic and national security benefits of leadership in AI will arguably have a determinative impact on the outcomes of US-China rivalry 🔹 Geopolitical bottlenecks in the AI supply chain currently favor the US but its leadership in AI is not predeter…
Think big when it comes to AI. Most of the use cases for AI in fintech and banking are not particularly earth shattering. They constrain our view of AI. A new civilization now that’s thinking very big!
AI and a new civilization?
Start thinking big about AI, can it help build a new civilization?
👉TAKEAWAYS: This is really a list of things to ponder to help you think big about AI…. 🔹 GenAI models consistently match or outperform median human capabilities across an expanding array of tasks and will be increasingly coupled with various other systems.
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This structure is a real improvement. It is the best I have ever seen, really!
I wish (I'm not in the wishing business actually, but this is the usual way to express it) more content provider would make the effort to constantly improve their output also structurally so that the time of the reader is respected. The intention of most producers is simply to involve the reader more and take more time off the reader, regardless of the utility for the reader. They are rather manipulating than giving the reader a true choice.
Richard, here You are showing, that You are a true democrat who wants to "empower" people by helping them to be informed about highly complex, fast evolving matters. One gets real choices and saves real time, one's own time!
Thank You for that :-)