Conference Agenda

Session

Cryptocurrencies and Tokens

Time:

Saturday, 30/May/2026:

8:30am - 10:15am

Session Chair: Alfred Lehar, University of Calgary

Presentations

The Design of Central Bank Digital Currencies and Consumer Demand

Antonio Gargano¹, Alberto Rossi², Andrew Buckley³, Markos Zachariadis³

¹University of Houston, United States of America; ²Georgetown University, United States of America; ³Alliance Manchester Business School

Discussant: Jiaqi Li (Bank of Canada)

Optimal Policy for Financial Market Tokenization

Itai Agur, Alexander Copestake

International Monetary Fund, United States of America

Discussant: Jiasun Li (GMU)

Are Crypto Anti-Money Laundering Policies Effective?

John M. Griffin, Kevin Mei, Zirui Wang

McCombs School of Business, University of Texas at Austin, United States of America

Discussant: Daniel Rabetti (National University of Singapore)