DeLisle Worrell: Lessons for small business from the financial crisis Opening remarks by Dr DeLisle Worrell, Governor of the Central Bank of Barbados, at the 19th Annual Meeting of the Small Business Association, Bridgetown, 20 November 2012. *  *  *  The richest source of expertise about small business in Barbados lies with the experience of small businesses themselves.
Indeed, the events surrounding the Terra stablecoin have clearly highlighted in recent months that tokens of this kind, too, can plummet in value and lead to substantial losses for investors. By contrast, a digital currency issued by the central bank could serve as a payment instrument, unit of account and store of value even in cyber space, thereby fulfilling all functions of money.