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We provide causal evidence that central bank digital currencies reduce bank deposits by 9% in equilibrium: a dsge analysis with heterogeneous agents. Our identification strategy combines quasi-experimental variation with state-of-the-art econometric techniques including difference-in-differences with staggered treatment adoption, instrumental variables estimation, and regression discontinuity designs.

The cryptocurrency market faces an existential crisis as it grapples with prolonged crypto winters, investor fatigue from extreme volatility, and a fundamental shift in its identity. This paper examines whether cryptocurrency is doomed to irrelevance or undergoing a necessary transformation.