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The disruption continues: from virtual currencies and e-money to central bank digital currencies

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What is cryptocurrency?

A cryptocurrency is a 'private' digital currency based on a distributed ledger. Because all parties share the ledger, cryptocurrencies are secure and impossible to counterfeit. Although sometimes used for payments, cryptocurrencies are more commonly held as investments.

What is a central bank digital currency?

A central bank digital currency (CBDC) is digital money. Most central banks will issue CBDCs to run in parallel with notes and coins to make payments. Unlike cryptocurrency, governments issue CBDCs and can directly influence their supply and value.

Why do cryptocurrencies and CBDCs matter?

Although they fulfil different purposes, crypto and CBDCs often use similar technologies. Each county exploring CBDCs has its own vision of how it will work, but most will use distributed ledger technology. If you are part of a financial ecosystem, you must prepare for the arrival of these digital newcomers.

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Build a use case

Move from theory to practice. Before you embark on your cryptocurrency journey, it is crucial you have a clear vision of your goals, milestones and expected return on investment.
GFT can help you build, test and prove a use case that offers a quantifiable improvement to your business.

Get to market

Build on the success of others. Once you agree a sound business case, you need to be up and running quickly and with minimal risk.
With unmatched practical experience, GFT can offer you a proven architecture that’s built to the highest industry standards.

Stay ahead

Keep up the pace. Cryptocurrencies and DLT are evolving fast so you need to keep up with changes in regulation and market practice.

GFT has worked with DLT since its inception. Our team is active across many sectors and can offer you a shortcut to the latest best-practice methods at every stage of your project.

„Cryptocurrency and distributed ledger technology are becoming mainstream. This is driving interest in central bank digital currencies. Although these instruments vary in nature and purpose, the underlying technologies are similar. In this new phase of the digital revolution, early adopters will be well rewarded.“

David Creer

Global DLT, Crypto and E-money Lead

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The UDPN - Providing infrastructure for the digital currencies of the future

The Universal Digital Payments Network (UDPN) is a DLT-underpinned messaging backbone. It is focused on providing interoperability between the fastgrowing number of different regulated stablecoins and in the future CBDCs, and seamless connectivity between any business IT system and regulated digital currencies.

The Universal Digital Payments Network (UDPN) is a DLT-underpinned ...

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