The Role of Distributed Ledger Technology in Banking

Introduction: The banking in the era of distributed ledgers Sabrina Leo and Ida Claudia Panetta; Part I. Why Pay Attention to Distributed Ledger Technology in Banking?: 1. Blockchain and distributed ledger technologies Claudio Di Ciccio; 2. The integration of distributed ledger technology in banking: state of the art in literature Sabrina Leo and Andrea Delle Foglie; Part II. Opportunities and Challenges in Crypto-Asset Regulation: 3. Some reflections on the proposed MiCA regulation Filippo Annunziata; 4. Crypto-assets in banks: between opportunities and legal uncertainties Andrea Daly; 5. Cyberlaundering, VASPs' regulation and AML policy response Antonio Adinolfi and Emanuela Giusi Gaeta; Part III. The Power of Distributed Ledgers in Payments: 6. DLT in payments: new course of history ahead? Alessandro Agnoletti and Giancarlo Sfolcini; 7. Central bank digital currency: rationales, design considerations, and implementation using the algorand blockchain technology Andrea Civelli, Co-Pierre Georg, Pietro Grassano and Naveed Ihsanullah; 8. Opportunities, challenges and design of CBDCs: the Italian approach to a new technology Silvia Attanasio and Paola Del Vitto; 9. A proposal for an Asia digital common currency (ADCC) applying distributed ledger technology (DLT) and blockchain technology (BCT) Taiji Inui and Wataru Takahashi; Part IV. Enabling Financial Inclusion and ESG with Distributed Ledger Technology: 10. Distributed ledger technology and financial inclusion Harish Natarajan and Biagio Bossone; 11. Banking, blockchain and ESG John Ho Hee Jung; Part V. A Further Look at DLT In Banking: Lessons Learned, Current Applications and Future Scenarios: 12. A look into the intermediaries of the metaverse: halfway between the present and the future Ida Claudia Panetta and Sabrina Leo; 13. The DLT landscape in banking: key features of prominent use cases through strengths and weaknesses Sabrina Leo and Ida Claudia Panetta.