Senior Business Analyst Digital Currencies, Giesecke+Devrient (G+D)
Daniel Nagy is an experienced business professional and an economist with a passion for digital assets. At G+D, he is actively shaping the future of money as a Senior Business Analyst for Digital Currencies.
In this role, he provides consultancy to central banks, financial service providers and public authorities on tokenized public and private digital currencies and - assets. He frequently engages in dialogues with central banks and financial service providers on the economic, policy and technical aspects of the future of the monetary system.
Daniel is part of the thought leadership team and (co)authored various papers and concepts, including a policy brief for the G7. He is a regular speaker at leading international events in digital finance. He is responsible for covering the monetary policy and financial stability angles of CBDCs with central banks.
His main research area is the effects of digital currencies on the global macroeconomy and geopolitics.
Previously as a director of institutional wealth and fund management, he gained extensive experience in capital markets and global macro. He received education in finance and banking.
Roundtable Room 1 (Level 2)
Open
Legislators and regulators are currently considering how to support and oversee financial market infrastructure that leverages DLT technology. This requires changes to the trading and post-trading infrastructure as well as targeted regulatory changes.
One of the key questions is what form of digital money will be used to settle transactions, i.e., what tokenized instruments will be allowed and fit for purpose? EU regulators seem to prefer wholesale CBDC over stablecoins. This coincides with the additional momentum for wholesale CBDC in the EU and synthetic CBDCs in the UK. However, CBDCs are not the only option – stablecoins and even tokenized money market funds (MMFs) may have a role to play. The emerging US approach will also shape market preferences and is likely to spill over into European policy discussion.
In this regard, this roundtable will bring together policymakers, technologists and financial sector experts to tackle the following main questions: