1st Edition
Digital Assets and the Law Fiat Money in the Era of Digital Currency
Part I: Overview
1. A History of Central Bank Digital Currency and the Money Monopoly, Franklin Noll
2. The Technological Factor in the Conception of Central Bank Digital Currencies, Vincenzo Vespri & Andrea Bracciali
Part II: Central Banking and Monetary Economics in the Digital Currency Era
3. Monetary Sovereignty in the Digital Currency Era, Christian Pfister
4. Central Bank Digital Currencies: A New Nexus Between Central and Commercial Banks?, Arthur Rossi
5. Unlocking the Potential of Central Bank Digital Currencies for Developing Countries, Sangita Gazi
6. A Universal Stablecoin to Rule Them All?, David Tercero-Lucas
Part III: The Central Bank Digital Currencies in the Mirror
7. Implications of the Digital Euro for Monetary Policy Transmission Outside the Euro Area, Deyan Radev
8. Digital Euro: Issued by Commercial Banks, Digitally Transforming the Industry, Philipp Sandner & Jonas Gross & Roman Avdeev
9. How To Design a Private and Compliant Central Bank Digital Currency?, Jonas Gross
10. Beyond Central Bank Digital Currencies: Lessons from Japan’s experience, Shuji Kobayakawa
Part IV: Digital Currency, Cryptocurrencies and Stablecoins: Fiat Money and Legal Tender Now
11. The Applicable Laws to Cross-Border Payments in Central Bank Digital Currencies. The Late Lex Monetae or Long Live the Lex Monetae?, Caroline Kleiner
12. ‘Legal tender’ and (Central Bank) Digital Currency: An Economic Law Analysis, Filippo Zatti
13. A European Central Bank Digital Currency Under German Law, Sebastian Omlor & Aurelia Birne
14. The Digital Loonie: The Legal Framework for A Central Bank Digital Currency in Canada and Beyond, Poonam Puri & Ilona Larionova
15. The Evolution of the Finality of Payment or ‘How RTGSes, Instant Payment Systems and DLT Platforms Change the Concept of Money’, Rosa Giovanna Barresi
16. Central Bank Digital Currencies and the European Framework for Payments: Friends or Foes?, Gabriella Gimigliano & Maria Cecilia del Barrio Arleo
17. The Digital Euro, the Stablecoins and the Banking Sector, Reyes Palá Laguna
Part V: Towards the Uncharted Times of the Digital Assets Era
18. Decentralised Finance and Capital Markets Regulation, Eugenia Macchiavello
19. Central Bank Digital Currencies: What future for banks and other financial intermediaries?, Francesca Mattassoglio
20. Beyond Digital Assets: What is Next for Money and Payments?, Filippo Zatti & Rosa Giovanna Barresi
Biography
Filippo Zatti is an associate professor in economic law at the University of Florence. He leads a working group called BABEL, which focuses on Blockchains and Artificial Intelligence for Business, Economics, and Law.
Rosa Giovanna Barresi is a lawyer focusing on corporate and financial law. She teaches at the University of Florence’s School of Economics and Management as an adjunct professor for the Lab in Cryptoassets.






