Author: Antony Welfare

Commentary: New York Fed advances tests of CBDCs for cross-border payments

Shared from: American Banker AMERICAN BANKER: New York Fed advances tests of CBDCs for cross-border payments By: John Adams Even as the high-profile FTX crash sent the cryptocurrency world scrambling once again, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York embarked on projects that could inform an expanded government role in digital currencies. The New York […]

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Optimal Design of a Central Bank Digital Currency – Digital Euro Discussion

Excited to share our latest discussion on Ripple CBDC where we discuss the Optimal Design of a Central Bank Digital Currency; sharing real examples from Palau and other Central bank use cases with Digital Euro Association: Sarah Palurovic, Steven Hildebrandt, Peter Dittus and Philipp Sandner Lots of discussions on CBDC and Stablecoin issues – Privacy, Design, Adoption, Interoperability, use cases and many more challenges […]

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Five years in Blockchain and things have changed lots and little..

Back in 2017 I joined the world of #Blockchain and presented my first ever Blockchain presentation on 14th November 2017 at a Tech meetup in Penticton, BC (Canada) I attach all 90 slides (No idea how I came up so many slides at that early stage) anyway – its attached for you to flick through […]

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Countries may switch to public blockchain solutions in the future

  Ripple Advisor Predicts Countries May Use Public Blockchains Countries may switch to public blockchain solutions in the future, according to Ripple advisor Antony Welfare Antony Welfare, senior advisor at Ripple, says countries may decide to use public blockchain solutions in the long term during a recent conversation with Ripple CTO David Schwartz on the Block […]

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Block Stars with David Schwartz and Antony Welfare: Central Bank Digital Currencies

The latest episode of Block Stars features David Schwartz and Antony Welfare—Senior Advisor at Ripple—to discuss the opportunity for DLT technology to support a CBDC system, global adoption and more.

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CBDC’s with Tokyo University and Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

CBDC interview with leaders from Japan and India, discussing CBDC’s progress and future adoption  

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NFT Commemorative Coin, Antony Welfare and Miguel Bello

My name is Antony welfare I’m senior advisor for CBDC here at Ripple, and I’m very excited to welcome Miguel Bello from Nova SBE from the University in Portugal I wanted to bring NOVA SBE University into the UBRI program and thanks to Lauren and the team for accepting them Miguel’s going to talk about […]

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DEA Techy Tuesday | Episode 1 – Ripple’s CBDC Technology

In the first episode of this new series, Valentin Seehausen interviews Antony Welfare and Anthony Ralphs from Ripple on its CBDC technology. Enjoy this fun-techy conversation! Participants of the episode: Antony Welfare (Senior Advisor in Global Partnerships CBDC, Ripple) Anthony Ralphs (Lead Product Manager CBDC, Ripple) Valentin Seehausen (Board Member, DEA)  CREDIT: DEA https://home.digital-euro-association.de/en

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Ripple adviser teases ’more CBDC announcements in the next few weeks’

Ripple may soon unveil positive developments in its central bank digital currency (CBDC) projects, following hints from Ripple CBDC adviser Antony Welfare of more announcements to come. Crypto influencer Sentosumosaba shared on Twitter on Tuesday that Ripple was in the midst of several CBDC pilot programs, including one in Bhutan and the other in Palau. Ripple’s senior […]

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Driving financial inclusion and innovation through CBDC

In this episode of our Web 3 Trailblazers podcast, Anna Orriss-Baxter, expert in Corporate & Commercial Banking at Baringa, speaks to Scott Weddell, expert in SME Banking & Payments at Baringa, and Antony Welfare, Senior Advisor CBDC Europe and Global Partnerships at Ripple. Join us to hear about one of the most exciting innovations coming from Web […]

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Colombia Enlists Ripple Labs to Put Land Deeds on Blockchain

Colombia Enlists Ripple Labs to Put Land Deeds on Blockchain Using XRPL, Colombian leaders can make real estate transactions more equitable. Colombia’s government has launched a partnership with Ripple Labs, the company behind the cryptocurrency XRP, to put land titles on the blockchain, part of a plan to rectify land distribution efforts so unfair they’ve led […]

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The future of money – tokenising the future of innovation with CBDCs, stablecoins & digital assets

  Antony Welfare from Ripple highlights the role of key blockchain use cases like payments and DeFi and the token types in transforming the future of money   Ripple is one of the first companies to talk about the concept of the Internet of Value. Could you please briefly present it? What are the main […]

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2022 is the year of the #NFT – Here is my first #metawatches collection

2022 is the year of the #NFT according to lots of experts….and I agree 👍 I have now purchased a collection of #metawatches from MetaWatches on OpenSea. After being a #Cryptokitty holders for years (and losing the wallet with them in!!) I have rejoined the NFT space with my current favourite project. I love the idea of “#phygital” where we merge the virtual and […]

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Enabling the Internet of Value: How Blockchain Connects Global Businesses

  I was pleased to contribute the Marketplaces and the Internet of Value chapter to the Enabling the Internet of Value book from UCL CBT and Springer Marketplaces and the Internet of Value This chapter focuses on the importance of e-commerce marketplaces and how the properties of trust, transparency and immutable data, which are brought forth by blockchain, […]

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