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A cutting-edge look at how accelerating financial change, from the end of cash to the rise of cryptocurrencies, will transform economies for better and worse. W

This paper marks the launch of a new IMF series, Fintech Notes. Building on years of IMF staff work, it will explore pressing topics in the digital economy and

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Money is changing and this may mean a new world order. David Birch sets out the economic and technological imperatives concerning digital money, and discusses i