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An inspiring first day at the CBDC Conference 2024 in Istanbul! The day commenced with the CBDC Academy, offering illuminating insights into various facets of Digital Currencies. In the afternoon, a series of distinguished speakers shared valuable perspectives on their respective initiatives: 👉 Hatice Karahan, PhD, Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of the Republic of Türkiye, provided a comprehensive overview of the bank's ongoing work in the CBDC domain. 👉 The opening governor’s panel, featuring Deputy Governor Mamerto Tangonan (Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas BSP), Derek Rolle (Central Bank of The Bahamas), and Marko Pahor (Banka Slovenije), explored #CBDCs from a strategic viewpoint. The session was expertly moderated by the one and only John Ho of Standard Chartered. During the second session, skillfully chaired by John Winchcombe, 👉 Jose Manuel Marques discussed the Digital Euro and the Banco de España's role in the CBDC landscape. 👉 Kwame Oppong from the Bank of Ghana provided an update on the eCedi project. 👉 Witit Synsatayakul of the Bank of Thailand offered insights into transactional and network analysis from their CBDC paper. 👉 Simit Naik from nChain highlighted the challenges of cross-border payments, presenting a potential solution. 👉 Varlam Ebanoidze of the National Bank of Georgia explained how the bank has skillfully navigated the balance between being "solution obsessed" and "problem obsessed."   Looking forward to the second conference day !