Leon Schumacher

The DigitalEkho Channel

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The DigitalEkho Channel is your go-to audio production for decoding the future of finance and technology. Join us as we explore the rapidly evolving world of Central Bank Digital Currencies, digital assets and artificial intelligence. From the latest innovations to new tech challenges ahead, we strive with the help of AI to bring you expert insights accessible to all, via audio book excerpts, detailed explanations and thought-provoking discussions on how these technologies are reshaping our society and the global economy. Brought to you by Leon Schumacher, former global CIO, entrepreneur and a...

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Leon Schumacher

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#14 - Decoding Central Bank Digital Currencies - Design of low fees, usability, programmability... 23.02.2025 21:07

Send us Fan Mail This audio production is intended to bring new technologies that impact our lives, like digital assets, central bank digital currencies and artificial intelligence in an easy to understand way to a larger audience. This episode episode covers the second part on the characteristics needed in a CBDC. The focus here us on Usability Costs Settlement and Transaction times Performance...

#13 - Decoding CBDCs - Discussion 5 - One sided anonymity & Project Tourbillon 16.02.2025 20:36

Send us Fan Mail This audio production is intended to introduce new technologies that impact our lives, like digital assets, central bank digital currencies and artificial intelligence in an easy to understand way to a larger audience. This episode examines discuss central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) with a focus on privacy concerns and how we can provide solutions that come closest to the ano...

#12 - Decoding Central Bank Digital Currencies - Part 6: Surveys, Design of Security & Privacy 09.02.2025 17:50

Send us Fan Mail This audio production is intended to bring new technologies that impact our lives, like digital assets, central bank digital currencies and artificial intelligence in an easy to understand way to a larger audience. This episode episode covers a digital assets, CBDC surveys, and the first part on the characteristics needed in a CBDC. The focus here us on Security and Privacy. The g...

#11 - Decoding CBDCs - Discussion 5: Trump's ban and retail CBDCs projects slowing 02.02.2025 17:12

Send us Fan Mail This audio production is intended to introduce new technologies that impact our lives, like digital assets, central bank digital currencies and artificial intelligence in an easy to understand way to a larger audience. This episode examines the ban on Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) from US President Donald Trump and what seems to be a bursting bubble with regards to retai...

#10 - Decoding CBDC - Discussion 4: Review of global CBDC surveys 26.01.2025 26:40

Send us Fan Mail This audio production is intended to introduce new technologies that impact our lives, like digital assets, central bank digital currencies and artificial intelligence in an easy to understand way to a larger audience. This episode examines Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) and what consumer surveys have shown across the globe. The discussion summarizes several European and...

#9 - Decoding Central Bank Digital Currencies - Part 5: Architecture & Design 19.01.2025 20:27

Send us Fan Mail This audio production is intended to bring new technologies that impact our lives, like digital assets, central bank digital currencies and artificial intelligence in an easy to understand way to a larger audience. This episode covers the subject of architecture and design considerations, including bearer instruments. The goal is to bring this important subject closer to the liste...

#8 - Decoding CBDCs - Discussion 3 on Privacy 12.01.2025 16:28

Send us Fan Mail This audio production is intended to bring new technologies that impact our lives, like digital assets, central bank digital currencies and artificial intelligence in an easy to understand way to a larger audience. This episode introduces the discussion of the topics of cryptography and privacy covered in the book "Decoding Central Bank Digital Currencies". The goal is t...

#7 - Decoding Digital Central Bank Currencies - Part 4: Types of Privacy 05.01.2025 20:52

Send us Fan Mail This audio production is intended to bring new technologies that impact our lives, like digital assets, central bank digital currencies and artificial intelligence in an easy to understand way to a larger audience. This episode introduces the next chapters of the book Decoding Central Bank Digital Currencies, covering subject of privacy, with the goal to explain to the listeners,...

#6 - Decoding CBDCs - Discussion 2 on Architectures, Bearer Instruments and Quantum Computing 29.12.2024 16:10

Send us Fan Mail This audio production is intended to bring new technologies that impact our lives, like digital assets, central bank digital currencies and artificial intelligence in an easy to understand way to a larger audience. This episode introduces the discussion of the topics covered in the 2 previous episodes covering the book "Decoding Central Bank Digital Currencies". The goal...

#5 - AI1 - Christmas 2024 - The History of AI - part 1 25.12.2024 36:58

Send us Fan Mail This audio production is intended to bring new technologies that impact our lives, like digital assets, central bank digital currencies and artificial intelligence in an easy to understand way to a larger audience. This episode introduces the the subject of Artificial Intelligence, by sharing a excerpt of my upcoming book Decoding Artificial Intelligence for CEOs, covering the evo...

#4 - Decoding Central Bank Digital Currencies - Part 3: Challenges & Concerns 22.12.2024 19:16

Send us Fan Mail This audio production is intended to bring new technologies that impact our lives, like digital assets, central bank digital currencies and artificial intelligence in an easy to understand way to a larger audience. This episode introduces the next chapters of the book Decoding Central Bank Digital Currencies, covering subjects from challenges and concerns to use cases, with the go...

#3 - Decoding CBDCs - Discussion 1 on Money and CBDCs 15.12.2024 19:43

Send us Fan Mail This audio production is intended to bring new technologies that impact our lives, like digital assets, central bank digital currencies and artificial intelligence in an easy to understand way to a larger audience. This episode introduces the discussion of the topics covered in the 2 previous episodes covering the book "Decoding Central Bank Digital Currencies". The goal...

#2 - Decoding Central Bank Digital Currencies - Part 2: What are CBDCs? 08.12.2024 16:41

Send us Fan Mail This audio production is intended to bring new technologies that impact our lives, like digital assets, central bank digital currencies and artificial intelligence in an easy to understand way to a larger audience. This episode introduces the next chapters of the book Decoding Central Bank Digital Currencies, like the digital euro or the digital pound, to the listeners, in an atte...

#1 - Decoding Central Bank Digital Currencies - Part 1 29.11.2024 16:40

Send us Fan Mail This audio production is intended to bring new technologies that impact our lives, like digital assets, central bank digital currencies and artificial intelligence in an easy to understand way to a larger audience. This episode introduces the first chapters of the book Decoding Central Bank Digital Currencies, like the digital euro or the digital pound, to the listeners, in an att...