Digital Money Academy
In line with the Digital Euro Association's core pillars of education and community-building, we have launched the educational format Digital Money Academy on Central Bank Digital Currencies and Stablecoins.
Digital Money Academy on Central Bank Digital Currencies

The Digital Money Academy on CBDCs aims at educating the general public and covers key concepts such as an introduction to CBDCs, technology, lessons learned from central banks worldwide, the current status quo of CBDC development worldwide, use cases and value propositions of retail CBDCs.
These aspects are presented by industry experts involved in the design, research and discussions on the implications of retail CBDCs. The format allows for lectures of sufficient depth to gain a general understanding of CBDCs and their impact on the future of digital money.

“As a full-time professional, it was very valuable to receive such dense, up-to-date and aggregated education at the DMA on CBDCs. I especially enjoyed the discussions with the lecturers about their content and work.”
Former Attendee of the DMA on CBDCs

- Employees, executives and decision-makers from the financial sector interested in the future of digital money and advancements of the monetary system
- Decision-makers and employees from the financial and capital market industry who are affected by the introduction of a CBDC
- Consultants with a focus on capital markets and digitization
- Scholars that are doing research on digital currencies, financial stability, welfare and monetary policy
- Journalists from the economics and technology department
- Employees of startups with digital business models
- Other groups of people with an interest in CBDCs, technology, and digitization
After this one day Digital Money Academy, you will be able to
- understand and explain different kinds of CBDCs, their functions and their specific use cases
- identify and judge the suitability of intricate CBDC design features for different monetary policy goals and CBDC developments worldwide
- understand the progress of CBDC development and lessons learned in Hungary and Kazakhstan
- discuss key technological aspects of CBDCs and grow your understanding for CBDCs in practice
- identify and evaluate potentials, risks of CBDC implementation and cybersecurity risks
- identify and evaluate value propositions of CBDCs
- assess the impact of CBDCs on the financial sector and financial stability of a country or a currency union
- identify sources and strategies that support the students to stay up to date with the newest CBDC developments
- get up to speed with cutting-edge retail CBDC knowledge from a technological, economical, political, and social standpoint within a day
- be guided through a comprehensive learning path
- learn from experienced industry experts that are involved in the design, research and implications of retail CBDCs on a daily basis - in theory and in practice
- take advantage of the interactive nature of the course
- benefit from networking opportunities with the lecturers and participants from relevant backgrounds
- garner knowledge from leveraging the broad network of experts and community within the DEA network during the academy and beyond
Digital Money Academy on Stablecoins


Previous Lecturers
Jón Gunnar Ólafsson, Patrick Hansen, Robert Kopitsch, Alireza Siadat, Stefan Kromolicki
The Digital Money Academy on Stablecoins aims at educating the general public, financial sector experts, policy-makers, and consultants, and covers key concepts such as foundations of stablecoins, the different forms of stablecoins, their use cases, how the current stablecoin market looks like, whether stablecoin regulation is needed, and how stablecoin regulation is currently conducted.
These aspects are discussed by industry experts involved in the design, deployment, oversight and general discussions around stablecoins. The format allows for lectures of sufficient depth to gain a general understanding of stablecoins and their impact on the future of digital money.


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Employees, executives and decision-makers from the financial sector, capital market industry, macroeconomics, geopolitics and management with a particular interest in digital money, specifically stablecoins
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Researchers and scholars from academia in the fields of Programmers and engineers interested in stablecoins as a development platform
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Associates and analysts from investment banks and consulting firms (national and international departments)
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Employees of startups with digital business models
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Consultants with a focus on digital currency
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Other groups of people with an interest in capital markets, crypto assets, technology, and digitization
After this one day Digital Money Academy, you will be able to
- understand and explain different kinds of stablecoins, their architecture and their specific use cases
- understand the progress, trends and developments in stablecoins
- identify and evaluate potentials, risks of stablecoin regulation in different jurisdictions
- identify and evaluate value propositions of stablecoins as compared to other forms of digital money
- assess the impact of stablecoins on the financial sector and financial market of the future
- identify sources and strategies that support the students to stay up to date with the newest stablecoin developments
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get up to speed with cutting-edge stablecoin knowledge from a technological, economical, political, and social standpoint within a day
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be guided through a comprehensive learning path
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learn from experienced industry experts that are involved in the design, deployment and research of stablecoins on a daily basis - in theory and in practice
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take advantage of the interactive nature of the course
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benefit from networking opportunities with the lecturers and participants from relevant backgrounds
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garner knowledge from leveraging the broad network of experts and community within the DEA network during the academy and beyond
Join us and influence the future of money