Digital Assets and the Law

Filippo Zatti is an associate professor in economic law at the University of Florence. He leads a working group called BABEL, which focuses on Blockchains and Artificial Intelligence for Business, Economics, and Law. Rosa Giovanna Barresi is a lawyer focusing on corporate and financial law. She teaches at the University of Florence’s School of Economics and Management as an adjunct professor for the Lab in Cryptoassets.

Part I: Overview; 1. A History of Central Bank Digital Currency and the Money Monopoly; 2. The Technological Factor in the Conception of Central Bank Digital Currencies; Part II: Central Banking and Monetary Economics in the Digital Currency Era; 3. Monetary Sovereignty in the Digital Currency Era; 4. Central Bank Digital Currencies: A New Nexus Between Central and Commercial Banks?; 5. Unlocking the Potential of Central Bank Digital Currencies in Developing Countries; 6. A Universal Stablecoin to Rule Them All?; Part III: The Central Bank Digital Currencies in the Mirror; 7. Implications of the Digital Euro for Monetary Policy Transmission Outside the Euro Area; 8. Digital Euro: Issued by Commercial Banks, Digitally Transforming the Industry; 9. How To Design a Private and Compliant Central Bank Digital Currency?; 10. Beyond Central Bank Digital Currencies: Lessons from Japan’s experience; Part IV: Digital Currencies, Cryptocurrencies and Stablecoins: Fiat Money and Legal Tender; 11. The Applicable Laws to Cross-Border Payments in Central Bank Digital Currencies. The Late Lex Monetae or Long Live the Lex Monetae?; 12. ‘Legal tender’ and Central Bank Digital Currency; 13. A European Central Bank Digital Currency Under German Law; 14. The Digital Loonie: The Legal Framework for A Central Bank Digital Currency in Canada and Beyond; 15. The Evolution of the Finality of Payment or ‘How RTGSes, Instant Payment Systems and DLT Platforms Change the Concept of Money’; 16. Central Bank Digital Currencies and the European Framework for Payments: Friends or Foes?; 17. The Digital Euro, Stablecoins and the Banking Sector; Part V: Towards the Uncharted Times of the Digital Assets Era; 18. Decentralised Finance and Capital Markets Regulation; 19. Central Bank Digital Currencies: What future for banks and other financial intermediaries?; 20. Beyond Digital Assets: What is Next for Money and Payments?