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Report by the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance based on interviews with central banks and market participants examines how wholesale central bank digital currency initiatives are evolving in pilots and other developments around the world.

The Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance (CCAF) at Cambridge Judge Business School launches an update to the Cambridge Digital Money Dashboard (CDMD), offering new insights into the geographical flows of stablecoins, as well as regulatory overviews for a wider set of jurisdictions.

The Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance (CCAF) at the Cambridge Judge Business School reveals the Cambridge DeFi Navigator (CDN) to provide empirical data and analysis on the decentralised finance (DeFi) ecosystem.

The global adoption of open banking and open finance continues to gain momentum, with both regulation-led and market-driven frameworks fostering greater access and innovation in financial services, a new report by the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance (CCAF) reveals.

Cryptoasset regulation remains fragmented, with emerging markets and developing economies lagging behind in global push, new Cambridge study reveals.

Cambridge Suptech Lab survey finds that uptake of supervisory technology (suptech) is driving rapid response in consumer protection and greater financial inclusion.

Professor Robert Wardrop talks about why his elective ‘New Venture Finance’ is the most popular choice on the MBA programme and why when he co-founded the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance (CCAF) in 2015, it was the first of its kind in the world.

Bryan Zhang, Executive Director of the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance at Cambridge Judge, appointed as Non-Executive Director of the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) board effective today (19 February).

Cambridge Centre for Alternative (CCAF) at Cambridge Judge Business School reveals the Cambridge Digital Money Dashboard (CDMD) to provide empirical data and analysis on privately-issued stablecoins.

Report by the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance at Cambridge Judge Business School and the World Economic Forum, launched at 2024 Davos Annual Meeting, highlights underpinnings of growth and future challenges for the global fintech industry.

Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance (CCAF) at Cambridge Judge Business School, University of Cambridge and the Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI) join forces again to explore the impact of fintech on MSMEs in Asia Pacific (APAC).

This novel update released by the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance (CCAF) as part of the Cambridge Digital Assets Programme (CDAP) presents a new study that estimates Ethereum's historical emissions debt to be 27.5 MtCO2e and current yearly emissions to be 2.8 KtCO2e, highlighting the impact of The Merge from an environmental perspective. This tool marks the latest addition to the Cambridge Blockchain Network Sustainability Index and provides a wide range of pertinent insights into Ethereum before and after The Merge.