Matthieu Herbeau is an independent consultant and financial innovation expert specialized in FX and Digital Currencies. Working as a CBDC advisor for the Banque de France, he notably managed wholesale CBDC experimentation and trials with major central and commercial banks. He currently works on project Agorá, an initiative led by the BIS Innovation Hub to enhance cross border payments. Prior to this, he held senior roles with large custodians, managing their FX execution and hedging businesses. His core expertise includes FX, market infrastructure evolution, payment systems digitalization, and the coexistence of cash access with digital assets.
Main Day 1 | 16th September
4:55 PM CBDC Panel: Stablecoins vs WCBDCs: How could competing digital money models reshape FX settlement and currency influence?
As digital money frameworks move from design to deployment, central banks face strategic questions that go beyond technology. With the U.S. increasingly supportive of regulated stablecoin models and the ECB advancing wholesale CBDC infrastructure, 2026 could mark a defining moment in how currencies are used, aligned and trusted in global markets. This panel examines the macro and geopolitical implications of competing digital-money models, including what they signal about dollar dominance, euro ambition and global currency alignment. Central bankers will explore whether these frameworks are likely to coexist or compete, how policy direction could influence capital flows and reserve management over time, and what the next generation of settlement rails may ultimately mean for FX liquidity, risk transfer and market structure.
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