Digital Finance
Atlantic Council: The CBDC Tracker and Geopolitical Lens on Crypto Policy
The Atlantic Council's CBDC Tracker — the most cited monitoring tool for central bank digital currencies globally — and its GeoEconomics Center have made it the leading think tank for the geopolitical dimensions of digital finance.
BIS and Tokenization: The Central Bankers' Bank Shapes Digital Finance Standards
The Bank for International Settlements — through its research, working groups, and innovation projects — is the most influential institution in shaping how central banks think about tokenization, CBDCs, and digital finance infrastructure.
G7 Digital Finance: How the World's Richest Democracies Coordinate on Crypto
G7 finance ministers and central bank governors have produced successive communiqués on crypto regulation — pushing for global standards that largely reflect Western regulatory values and constraining divergence among G7 members.
United Nations and Digital Finance: UNCTAD, UNDP, and the Global South Perspective
UN agencies — particularly UNCTAD and UNDP — have developed distinct perspectives on crypto and tokenization from the Global South lens, emphasising financial inclusion, sovereign monetary policy, and the risks of crypto dollarisation.