Eswar Prasad

Cryptocurrency coins

Crypto poses serious challenges for regulators

Thursday, August 18, 2022

Riga, Latvia - circa October, 2020: Bitcoin ATM machine in mall for cryptocurrency exchange

Cryptocurrency could help governments and businesses spy on us

Friday, April 1, 2022

Money over the Russian flag

Russia sanctions won’t doom the dollar

Tuesday, March 8, 2022

Glass globe on top of business papers

A new proposal for the G-20 to strengthen the global financial safety net

Brahima Sangafowa Coulibaly and Eswar Prasad

Monday, September 27, 2021

Female hands counting US Dollar bills or paying in cash.

Cash will soon be obsolete. Will America be ready?

Wednesday, August 25, 2021

A QR code of digital payment device Alipay by Ant Group, an affiliate of Alibaba Group Holding, is seen next to a QR code of WeChat Pay at a food stall inside a market, in Beijing, China November 2, 2020. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang

Governments must help manage the risks of fintech

Tuesday, August 24, 2021

Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo, new chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), attends a consultative meeting in Accra, Ghana September 15, 2020. REUTERS/Francis Kokoroko

Does West Africa need a single currency?

Eswar Prasad and Vera Songwe

Thursday, August 19, 2021

Golden bitcoin with yellow bokeh background

The brutal truth about Bitcoin

Tuesday, July 20, 2021

FILE PHOTO: Customers talk against a backboard with signs of cryptocurrency during 2020 Taipei International Finance Expo in Taipei, Taiwan, November 27, 2020. REUTERS/Ann Wang/File Photo

Five myths about cryptocurrency

Monday, May 24, 2021

hangzhou/china-November 3 ,2020:ANT GROUP sign in hangzhou china

Jack Ma taunted China. Then came his fall.

Thursday, April 29, 2021