The US dollar and the euro are not true international currencies, but the currencies of the United States and the Euro, which are “adopted” into internation

The Global Currency Initiative (GCI) pioneered a democratic and decentralized international currency system. It's called an “organic system”. The organic sy

This paper marks the launch of a new IMF series, Fintech Notes. Building on years of IMF staff work, it will explore pressing topics in the digital economy and

The co-host of the popular NPR podcast Planet Money provides a well-researched, entertaining, somewhat irreverent look at how money is a made-up thing that has

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