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Mapping the Privacy Landscape for Central Bank Digital Currencies: Now is the time to shape what future payment flows will reveal about you.

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Queue, Volume 20, Issue 4

Pages 16 - 38

https://doi.org/10.1145/3561796

Published: 21 September 2022 Publication History

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As central banks all over the world move to digitize cash, the issue of privacy needs to move to the forefront. The path taken may depend on the needs of each stakeholder group: privacy-conscious users, data holders, and law enforcement.

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Lamberty RKirste DKannengießer NSunyaev A(2024)HybCBDC: A Design for Central Bank Digital Currency Systems Enabling Digital CashIEEE Access10.1109/ACCESS.2024.345845112(137712-137728)Online publication date: 2024
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Fahad SBulut M(2024)Central bank digital currencies: a comprehensive systematic literature review on worldwide research emergence and methods usedAmerican Journal of Business10.1108/AJB-12-2023-021039:3(137-157)Online publication date: 28-May-2024
https://doi.org/10.1108/AJB-12-2023-0210
Rawat RDíaz-Álvarez JChávez F(2024)Systematic Literature Review and Assessment for Cyber Terrorism Communication and Recruitment ActivitiesTechnology Innovation for Business Intelligence and Analytics (TIBIA)10.1007/978-3-031-55221-2_5(83-108)Online publication date: 22-Mar-2024
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-55221-2_5

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