"The concept of CBDC has emerged as one of the biggest trends in monetary policy over the past two years, with countries like China and Sweden piloting digital fiat currencies. In mid-November, Deutsche Bank, the largest banking institution in Germany, predicted that CBDCs will replace cash in the long term.
Speaking at the Singapore Fintech Festival 2020 on Dec. 9, Buterin said that he expects a lot of ways to exchange CBDCs to cryptos like Bitcoin (BTC) as well as other digital tokens."Article:
Vitalik Buterin expects lots of ways to exchange CBDCs for cryptoWe have recognized that stable coins are not objects to invest or trade for profits, but they are the perfect tools to protect crypto assets when the market fluctuates and makes it easier for everyone to enter the crypto market.
Thus, stablecoins are seen as a bridge between the traditional economy and the crypto economy.
CBDC is essentially the stable coin of each country. Temporarily ignoring the risks associated with the control of governments through their CBDCs, let's look at the values CBDCs bring to the crypto world.
First of all, from my point of view, I don't see CBDCs as cryptocurrencies, because they have not yet escaped the manipulative hands of the government. However, CBDCs are able to reach more users, helping them understand the value of crypto in relation to its high speed and low transaction costs. If traditional banks or crypto exchanges support CBDCs and cryptocurrencies simultaneously, everyone will be able to access and own crypto easily by directly converting assets in CDBCs to assets in crypto.
I don't think that governments will use existing blockchain platforms to develop CBDCs, they will create a blockchain on a small scale that is controlled by the server system of local banks. But cross-chain exchange platforms will maximize efficiency to make the CBDC/crypto swapping/transaction easy.