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BWC in 2021

2021 will be another year of revitalization for the Committee. Read our Executive Director's New Year Letter.

BWC Digital Finance Project Team Releases New Briefs on DeFi Technology and Regulation

(For immediate release. Washington, D.C. October 13, 2022, 11:00 AM ET) – The Bretton Woods Committee (BWC) is pleased to announce the release of our two newest reports: “DeFi Technology: Opportunities and Challenges” and “Investor Protection, Market Integrity and Financial Stability in Digital Finance”. 

BWC Digital Finance Project Team Publishes New Brief on Crypto's Positive Use Cases

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (Washington, DC – June 17, 2022) - The Bretton Woods Committee (BWC) is pleased to announce the release of our newest publication, “Emerging Digital Finance Ecosystem and Positive Use Cases,” presented by BWC Digital Finance Project Team (DFPT). 

BWC Digital Finance Project Team Brief I Press Release

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (Washington, DC – April 22, 2022) - The Bretton Woods Committee is pleased to announce the release of our newest publication: “State of Play in Crypto Markets: Opportunities and Dangers.” 

BWC Digital Finance Project Team Brief I

BWC DIALOGUES – Public Trust: The Role of the Private Sector in Sovereign Digital Currency

BWC DIALOGUES – Is the competitiveness of the US dollar still relevant in today's global landscape?

"We should not assume that we, as a country, have natural advantages that don't require innovations on the edges," was Dante Disparte's parting appeal. William and Dante's conversation took the long view of US dollar competitiveness and talked about the trends of de-dollarization as well as the potentially harmful effects of sanctions and the US policy environment on overall US Dollar competitiveness.

BWC DIALOGUES – FED Up: Does the First Republic Failure Tip the Scales for Tighter Banking Regulation?

"Waiting for the other shoe to drop." The tone of our second installment of the BWC Dialogues series was decidedly less optimistic than the first. Bank of America's Hayley Boesky noted generally low investor sentiment in the wake of the regional bank failures. The panelists did find hope in the overall frankness of the Fed report on the SVB failure and felt that there were many things that regulators, not policymakers, could do in order to prevent future failures.

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BWC DIALOGUES - The Withdrawal Heard ‘Round the World: A Conversation on the Implications of the Silicon Valley Bank Failure

BWC Debt Transparency Paper Press Release

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (Washington, DC – January 31, 2022) - The Bretton Woods Committee is today releasing the publication, “Debt Transparency: The Essential Starting Point for Successful Reform,” which presents concrete, actionable recommendations toward greater transparency in acquiring, and when necessary, restructuring sovereign debt.