Cryptocurrency Technology and The International Monetary System

Losada Baños, José Javier (2025): Cryptocurrency Technology and The International Monetary System.

Abstract

Throughout the millennial history of money, various payment instruments have been developed: some designed to facilitate economic transactions and others to preserve accumulated wealth, adapting in each historical period to the conditions and capabilities of the society of their time. In this context, the maturity achieved by the cryptocurrency industry over the last five years, especially in areas such as blockchain, oracle networks, self-custody, multi-chain environments, and decentralized applications —DApps—combined with today's colossal data processing capacity, opens up the possibility of applying these 21st-century technologies to the construction of a new international monetary system. This article explains how to use these telematic tools to achieve this, as well as their implications in the financial and economic arena, including enhanced financial stability and the recognition of the Fundamental Right of People to Safeguard the Wealth.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: monetary system, Bitcoin, blockchain, self-custody, cryptocurrency, financial stability, Fundamental Right of People to Safeguard the Wealth
• Subjects: E - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics > E4 - Money and Interest Rates > E42 - Monetary Systems ; Standards ; Regimes ; Government and the Monetary System ; Payment Systems; E - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics > E5 - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit > E59 - Other; F - International Economics > F3 - International Finance > F31 - Foreign Exchange; G - Financial Economics > G2 - Financial Institutions and Services > G21 - Banks ; Depository Institutions ; Micro Finance Institutions ; Mortgages; G - Financial Economics > G2 - Financial Institutions and Services > G23 - Non-bank Financial Institutions ; Financial Instruments ; Institutional Investors; O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth > O3 - Innovation ; Research and Development ; Technological Change ; Intellectual Property Rights > O33 - Technological Change: Choices and Consequences ; Diffusion Processes

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