{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Scoop","title":"CBDCs are 'anti-democratic' says Circle's Dante Disparte","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2428,"description":"Circle's USDC stablecoin is the second largest by market capitalization, and has steadily grown in dominance over the last couple of years.\nIn this episode of The Scoop, Chief Strategy Officer and Head of Global Policy at Circle, Dante Disparte, joins host Frank Chaparro to share his take on what a responsible approach to stablecoin regulation might look like and why he believes central bank digital currencies are \"anti-democratic.\"\nAccording to Disparte, the separation between the central banks and citizens' pockets is important to maintain:\n\"The gap between the central bank, the banking system, your wallet and how you spend money is a powerful feature and not a bug.\"\nFurthermore, Dante believes that central bank digital currencies ignore the fundamental peer-to-peer potential of digital assets:\n\"A central bank digital currency would be the equivalent of building a high speed train engine, but not caring about the rail network, nor the station stops. And the real powerful breakthrough of blockchain based finance is that the infrastructure has networked peer to peer station stops.\"\nDuring this episode, Chaparro and Disparte also discuss:\n\nThe difference between 'risk' and 'uncertainty'\n\nStablecoin standards\n\nNon-USD denominated stablecoins\n\n\nEpisode 72 of Season 4 of The Scoop was recorded remotely with The Block's Frank Chaparro, and Chief Strategy Officer and Head of Global Policy at Circle, Dante Disparte.\nListen below, and subscribe to The Scoop on Apple, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Stitcher or wherever you listen to podcasts. Email feedback and revision requests to podcast@theblockcrypto.com.This episode is brought to you by our sponsors Chainalysis & IWC Schaffhausen\nAbout Chainalysis\nChainalysis is the leading blockchain data platform. We provide data, software, services, and research to government agencies, exchanges, financial institutions, and insurance and cybersecurity companies in over 60 countries. Backed by Accel, Addition, Benchmark, Coatue,...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/kC6kzNjgr18dm0FmBfV_f9xccAkjj-QXoCJmVNlNtrU/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8xZmIz/N2E5MmRmMzJjOTU3/OTNhYjJkYzcxZTlj/MTU2Yi5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}