Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller, ECB Executive Board member Isabel Schnabel, and National Bank of Belgium Governor Pierre Wunsch are set to share a stage in Rome on July 6 for a policy panel that, on its surface, has nothing to do with crypto. But when three of the most influential monetary policymakers in the Western world sit down together, digital asset markets tend to feel the ripple effects whether or not Bitcoin gets a single mention.
The panel is the closing event of the ESCB’s ChaMP Research Network conference, hosted by Banca d’Italia. Schnabel will chair the discussion, which also includes Riksbank Deputy Governor Anna Seim. The network, launched in 2023, has spent roughly three years examining how monetary policy transmission has been reshaped by recent economic shocks and persistent inflation trends.
What the ChaMP network has been studying
The ChaMP Research Network, short for Challenges in Monetary Policy, was designed to study a question that matters enormously for every asset class: when central banks pull the interest rate lever, does it still work the way textbooks say it should?
The Rome panel is scheduled for 17:00 CET, and ECB President Christine Lagarde is also expected to present at the broader conference.
