Standardization
Standardization focuses on the development of policy objectives, regulatory requirements and governance norms to advance a standardization roadmap in coordination with standards setting entities, through a consensus driven process.
The Initiative will focus on Digital Currencies of all forms across the entire ecosystem spectrum, from centralized to decentralized to hybrids including Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) and stablecoins amongst many others. Currently, more than 40 central banks are exploring some form of digital currency initiative. The Initiative will undertake research and evaluation of technical standards for interoperability in collaboration with key government, NGO and private industry stakeholders. The Initiative will also study and implement emerging cross-border business use cases related to supply chain, financial markets, charitable giving and macroeconomic impact of these instruments on promoting financial inclusion.
Standardization focuses on the development of policy objectives, regulatory requirements and governance norms to advance a standardization roadmap in coordination with standards setting entities, through a consensus driven process.
Engagement focuses on engaging a diverse set of stakeholders in the work of the Initiative, sharing lessons learned in the implementations of Central Bank Digital Currencies as well as facilitating dialogue between thought-leaders.
Innovation focuses on driving industry adoption through developing methods and metrics to evaluate the performance, security and resilience of existing and future implementations of all digital currencies against a set of common requirements accepted by ecosystem stakeholders.
Natalya’s work has been featured in Forbes, Wall Street Journal, Fast Company, IDEO Futures Podcast, SAP Women in Tech Conference and at SXSW. Natalya graduated with a BA (honors) in International Relations from Stanford University, and holds an MBA/MPA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business and Harvard Kennedy School.