Contributions

A selection of my research, op-eds, public talks, and media coverage

• Egilsson, Jón Helgi, The Private Credit Liquidity Trap: Structural Deflation and Liquidity Challenges in a Decentralized Financial System (May 22, 2025). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=5264467 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.5264467 
• Egilsson, Jón Helgi and Fritsche, Jan Philipp, Keeping the Euro Whole: Why Singleness of Money Matters in the Digital Race, and How the Euro Can Compete on the Global Stage (April 29, 2025). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=5236036 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.5236036 
• Egilsson, Jón Helgi, MiCAR's Antitrust Concerns: The Potential Impact of Protecting Banks' Interests on Innovation and Growth in Europe (June 24, 2024). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4874335 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4874335 
• Egilsson, J. H. (2025). Óverðtryggð húsnæðislán til langs tíma á Íslandi: Stefnumótun og markaðsgerð [Long-term non-indexed mortgage financing in Iceland]. Icelandic Ministry of Finance.
• Egilsson, Jón Helgi, Refining Mundell-Fleming: The Transformative Impact of Integrating FX Exposure on Output Response. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4750703 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4750703 
• Egilsson, Jón Helgi, Not on the Money: Competition Concerns in the EU Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (September 02, 2024). Competition Law Insight • Volume 23 Issue 4 • 2024, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4952308 
• Egilsson, Jón Helgi, Was There a Sudden-Stop Warning for Iceland Prior to the 2008 Collapse? (August 9, 2022). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4186285 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4186285 
• Egilsson, J. H. (2020). How raising interest rates can cause inflation and currency depreciation. Journal of Applied Economics, 23(1), 450–468. https://doi.org/10.1080/15140326.2020.1795526
• Egilsson, J. H. (2019). Old shocks cast long shadows over the exchange rate. Journal of Applied Economics, 22(1), 196–218. https://doi.org/10.1080/15140326.2019.1597328
• Egilsson, J. H. and Valfells S., "Minting Money With Megawatts [Point of View]," in Proceedings of the IEEE, vol. 104, no. 9, pp. 1674-1678, Sept. 2016, doi: 10.1109/JPROC.2016.2594558.
• Egilsson, Jón Helgi and Sigurdsson, Kari, Íslenska krónan 1997 til 2000: The Icelandic Krona 1997–2000 and the Hearst–Euclid Effect (March 05, 2001). Report available here.

• My Forbes Articles  
• How snobbery is holding back Europe on stablecoins, THE BANKER, May 15th 2025.
• Banda­rík­in treysta áhrif sín með stöð­ug­leika­mynt­um, VÍSBENDING, May 9th 2025.
• Betri vaxta­kjör fyr­ir al­menn­ing og rík­is­sjóð með vaxta­skipta­samn­ing­um, VÍSBENDING, April 4th 2025.
• Letter: Crypto, the missing piece in your essay on the dollar, Financial Times (FT), March 26th 2025.
• A more bankless society is on the horizon — and it's a good thing, Euronews, April 9th 2024.
• The Big Misunderstanding: What MiCA Really Means for Stablecoins in Europe, Coindesk, February 6th 2024.
• European CBDC plans reveal diverse worldviews and peculiar bedfellows, Euronews, December 19th 2023.
• U.S. Risks Unleashing Second 'Eurodollar' Market if It Dallies on Stablecoin Regulation, Coindesk, October 19 2023.
• An independent Scotland could be a leader in global finance, The National, June 12th 2023.
• Lágmörkum áhættu og segjum nei, Morgunblaðið, April 6th 2011.
• Lágmörkum áhættu og segjum nei, Fréttablaðið, April 6th 2011.
• Lán Breta - Ólán Íslands, Morgunblaðið, October 24th 2009.
• Háir vextir veikja krónuna, Fréttablaðið, (with Kári Sigurðsson), April 4, 2009.
• Sitt er hvað evra og ESB, Morgunblaðið, October 12 2008.
• Hvenær veldur vaxtahækkun þenslu?, Morgunblaðið (OpEd with dr. Kári Sigurðsson), March 22nd 2001.

• Digitalisation in EU Financial Services and Banking (a speaker and in roundtable), ERA, 23-24 October 2025, Trier Germany.
• Builders Week Istanbul, September 6th 2025, (a speaker and panelist), Istanbul Türkiye.
• University of Edinburgh, Emerging Banking Leaders Programme, 25-29 August 2025, (a speaker), Edinburgh Scotland.
• Digital Money 2025 - Is It Game Over for Fiat Currency Finance? (a panelist), June 16th 2025, London England.
• Stablecon 2025, May 29th 2025, New York USA.
• Blockchain Ireland Summit 2025, (fireside chat and interview),  26-27 May 2025, Dublin Ireland.
• A Debate between the “Father of MiCA” and Dr. Jon Egilsson, (a speaker, video), Brussels Blockchain Week at The Merode, May 20th 2025, Brussels Belgium.
• FT - DIGITAL ASSETS SUMMIT, Financial Times, (a panelist), 6-7 May 2025, London UK.
• Economist CPI Europe 2025, (a speaker), March 4th-5th 2025, London UK.
• The Future of Digital Payments, EMA EU, (a panelist) Conference: 27 January 2025, Brussels Belgium.
• Scottish Currency Group 2024, (a speaker, video), September 25 2024,
  Dunfermline Scotland.
• Oxford IFABS 2025 Conference, (a speaker introducing my paper in BoE’s session), 15-17 April 2025, Saïd Business School, University of Oxford, Oxford UK. 
• Paris Blockchain Week 2024, (a panelist with Peter Kerstens), 8-12 April 2024, Carrousel du Louvre, Paris France.
• Digital Euro Conference DEA 2024, (a panelist, see ”standoff” video), February 29th 2024, Frankfurt School of Finance & Management, Frankfurt Germany.
• Stable Summit (a speaker, see video) July 31st 2023, Paris France.
• Brussel Blockchain Week: How Central Banks Can Facilitate the Development of a Better Stablecoin, (a speaker, see video), June 2023, Brussels Belgium.
• Luxembourg Blockchain Week: Trends in Web3, DeFi and Crypto (a speaker), October 6th 2022, Luxembourg.
• Framtíð peninga, SFF or Finance Iceland (a speaker), January 20th 2022, Reykjavik Iceland.
• FinTech Forum 2023: Digital Euro - Evolution or Disruption? (a panelist, see video of panel disussions ) at Central Bank of Estronia, November 2023, Tallinn Estonia.
• Getur DeFi aukið fjármálastöðugleika? University of Iceland, (a speaker, video), October 26 2021, Reykjavík Iceland.
• Bálkakeðjur á miðvikudögum: Er rafræn seðlabankamynt á bálkakeðju góð hugmynd? University of Iceland, October 28th 2020, Reykjavík Iceland.
• Jón Helgi Egilsson: Is a CBDC proxy better than the real thing? (a speaker), Positivar Pengar: Future of Money, July 13th 2019, Stockholm Sweden.
• Stablecoin Conference: Which ambitions for Europe? Consensys Offices, Paris France.
• Seminar on possible new forms of central bank money, Central Bank of Iceland, (a speaker), February 9th 2017, Reykjavík Iceland.
• Address by Jón Helgi Egilsson at the Annual General Meeting of the Central Bank of Iceland, March 26th 2015, Reykjavík Iceland.
• Icesave Yes or No?, Viðskiptaráð SA, FA and SI, April 5th 2011, Reykjavík, Iceland.
• Looking For New Investment Opportunities? Seed Forum Iceland, (Opening as Chair and CEO of Seed Forum), April 27th 2006, Reykjavík Iceland.
• Invest in the next big thing, Seed Forum (Opened by Icelandic President, JHE Chair of conference), October 28th 2005, Reykjavík Iceland.
• The Next Big Thing? Seed Forum, (Chair of conference), April 28th 2005, Reykjavík Iceland.
• Minni birgðir og færri vantanir, ARFÍ Borgartún, (speaker as a chair of AGR hf.), September 23rd 2005, Reykjavík Iceland.

• US vs EU: The Stableocoin Policy Divide, with Dr. Michael R. Blaschke, BFRR, May 11, 2025.
• Trinity College Dublin,Blockchain Ireland Summit 2025, June 4th 2025
• Monerium – From central banking to stablecoins with co-founder Jón Helgi Egilsson, BFRR, September 22nd, 2024.
• Org3D: Tech & Sales Talent for Hypergrowth. Org3D, Oct 25, 2023.
• #12 - Hvað eru peningar og hvernig verða þeir til?- Jón Helgi Egilsson, Hlaðvarp Rafmyntaráðs
• Too Big to Save w/ Jón Helgi Egilsson, SIGNAL, April 14th 2021.
• Former Chairman of the Central Bank of Iceland, Jon Helgi Egilsson, and Keyrock CEO, Kevin de Patoul, The Charlie Shrem Show, February 20, 2024.
• The Future of Stablecoins, CBDC's and Digital Money | Jón Helgi Egilsson | LCX Insights Live, April 28 2021.
• Coinscrum_talks :: to Jon Helgi Egilsson and Garrick Hileman, November 10, 2019
• Various interviews regarding Icesave at National TV

•  EU plans to charge market players for expanded Esma role, THE BANKER, December 9, 2025. 
• Crypto regulation tug-of-war divides EU, THE BANKER, October 6, 2025.
• Má bjóða þér lægri vexti? Morgunblaðið, June 14th 2025.
• Iceland’s Parliament resolution proposal, Icelandic Parliament, proposal77, 157. Parliament 2025–2026.
• Finance Minister's Response, Icelandic Parliament, 57. Parliament 2025–2026. 
• How regs are defining the crypto arms race, THE BANKER, May 23, 2025.
• We’re already thinking how MiCA 2 will look,” says Lux regulator, THE BANKER, May 8, 2025.
• Séríslenskar reglur hamli lengri föstum vöxtum, Morgunblaðið, March 17th 2025.
• Sérkenni íslenska íbúðalánamarkaðarins, Viðskiptablaðið, March 16th 2025.
• Sex til­lögur til að stuðla að föstum vöxtum til langs tíma, Viðskiptablaðið, March 15th 2025.
• Aukin samvinna krefst ekki evru, Morgunblaðið, September 30th 2024.
• How EU’s ‘complete mess’ on stablecoin regulation risks delistings with MiCA deadline approaching, DLNews, April 27th, 2024.
• The UK wants to regulate crypto like financial services in 2024. Here’s what you need to know, DLNews, October 30th, 2023.
• Ex-central banker wants central banks to embrace competition for CBDC, COINGEEK, 13 June 2023.
• Fyrsta lausn sinnar tegundar í heiminum, Morgunblaðið, July 19th 2023.
• Ex-central banker wants central banks to embrace competition for CBDC, CoinGeek, June 13th 2013.
• Fall undirstriki kosti rafmynta, Morgunblaðið, May 1st 2025.
• Economy and climate crisis needs Scots to 'rebel', say economists, The National, March 26th 2023.
• Ráðleggur Skotum við upptöku nýs gjaldmiðils, Fréttablaðið, February 4th 2022.
• Sveiflurnar ekki nýjar af nálinni, Morgunblaðið, June 28th 2019.
• Krónan er komin á bálkakeðjuna, Morgunblaðið, June 17th 2019.
• Varasamt að styrkja gengi með hærra vaxtastigi, Morgunblaðið, April 23 2019.
• Munu bálkakeðjuvæða hefðbundna gjaldmiðla, Morgunblaðið, January 17th 2019.
• Monerium raises $2m seed round to issue e-money on blockchain, FinExtra, 14. January, 2019.
• Ís­lenskt fjár­tækni­fyrir­tæki fær tveggja milljóna dollara fjár­festingu, Vísir, January 11 2019.
• Gerði athugasemdir við starfsreglur bankaráðs, RÚV, April 4 2018.
• Kvörtuðu til umboðsmanns Alþingis, Fréttablaðið, April 4th 2018.
• Ragnar og Jón Helgi heimtuðu rannsókn, DV, November 3rd 2015.
• „Þetta eru alvarlegar ásakanir“ Morgunblaðið, September 22nd 2015.
• Samherjamál fyrir bankaráðið, RUV, September 12th 2015.
• Merkilegar deilur um vaxtastefnuna - Gengur hún upp eða ekki? Kjarninn, August 14th 2015.
•  Segir hátt vaxtastig valda síðri lífskjörum, Vísir, May 20th 2015. 
• Vill rannsókn á viðskiptum með FIH, Morgunblaðið, April 22nd 2015.
• Hlynntur rannsókn á FIH viðskiptunum, Morgunblaðið, April 22nd 2015.
• Formaður tjáir sig ekki í bili, Morgunblaðið, December 2014.
• Telur rétt að Seðlabanki borgi, Morgunblaðið, September 26th 2014.
• Bankaráðið tekur afstöðu um kostnað Más, Viðskiptablaðið, September 18th 2014.
• Niðurstaða Ríkisendurskoðunar mjög skýr, Morgunblaðið, July 3rd 2014.
• Ráðamenn fengið kynningu á tillögum, Kjarninn, April 10th 2014.
• Uppgjörsplanið að opinberast, Kjarninn, February 27th 2014
• Haftahópur í pípunum, Viðskipti Morgunblaðið, November 15th 2013.
• Þarf að horfa til allra eigna við afnám gjaldeyrishafta, Fréttablaðið, April 12th 2013.
• Kostar SÍ milljónir, Morgunblaðið, September 26 2014.
• Ráðamenn fengið kynningu á tillögum, Kjarninn April 10th 2014.
• Ólga innan seðlabankans, Kjarninn, February 27th 2014.
• Vandinn við þrotabúin og gjaldeyrishöftin – og tækifærin til að auðgast, DV Egill Helgason, February 27 2014.
• Einstaklingar og hópar heiðraðir af Heimdalli: Talin hafa staðið sig best í baráttunni gegn Icesave-samningunum, Morgunblaðið, February 1st 2013.
• Samstaða um að höft verði ótímabundin, Fréttablaðið, December 21st 2012.
• Stýrivextir og skuggi sögunnar, Viðskiptablað Morgunblaðsins, February 23rd 2012.
• Election of a substitution member for Supervisory Board, 140 Parliament, meeting 53,  (news coverage), February 2nd 2012.
• Lærdómur síðustu fimmtán ára enginn, Morgunblaðið, October 20th 2011.
• Vaxtamunarviðskipti skaðleg, Viðskiptablað Morgunblaðsins, September 22 2011.
• Standa betur vegna neyðarlaga, Morgunblaðið, April 5th 2011.
• Kostnaðurinn ekki þekkt stærð, Fréttablaðið, April 1st 2011.
• Jón Helgi Egilsson hagfræðingur var frábær fulltrúi andstöðunnar gegn Icesave-samningnum í Silfri Egils, Þjóðarheiður, March 20th 2011.
• Afhentu forsetanum um 41.000 undirskriftir, Morgunblaðið, February 19th 2011
• 19920 hafa ritað nafn sitt á kjosum, Feykir.is, February 2nd 2011.
• Áhættufjárfestar fjárfesta í sprotafyrirtækjum, Frjáls verslun, August 1st 2010.
• Ellefu Firrur um Icesave, Pressan, June 2009.
• Eru þeir óhæfir? DV (Egill Helgason), June 4th 2009.
• Vel gert, Fréttablaðið, June 3rd 2009.
• 300 milljarðar í eigu útlendinga, Viðskipti MBL, April 16th 2009.
• Vaxtalækkun gæti sparað milljarða, Morgunblaðið, April 16th 2009.
• Ísland: Saklaust fórnarlamb eða sjálfskaparvíti? DV Egill Helgason, April 6th 2009.
• 4 ára þorskveiði til að mæta útflæði vegna hárra vaxta, Morgunblaðið, March 26 2009
• Bann við skortsölu – skortur á skynsemi, Morgunblaðið, September 23rd 2008.
• Seðlabankinn verður að horfast í augu við veruleikann, Vísir, March 17th 2008.
• Mjöður Seðlabanka Íslands, Morgunblaðið, March 7th 2008.
• Staksteinar, Morgunblaðið, March 5th 2008.
• Sprotar leita viðskiptaengla, Markaðurinn Fréttablaðið, March 28th 2007.
• Sprotafyrirtæki kynna sig heima og erlendis a Seed Forum, Morgunblaðið, February 9th 2007,
• Seed Forum vekur athygli vestanhafs, Markaðurinn, February 7th 2007.
• Tíu fyrirtæki á iSECmarkaði eftir tvö ár, Viðskiptablað Morgunblaðsins, May 4th 2006.
• Leiða saman fjárfesta og sprotafyrirtæki, Morgunblaðið, April 20th 2006.
• Breyttur heimur fullur af tækifærum, Morgunblaðið, December 31st 2005.
• Sprotarnir galdra fram fjármagn, Morgunblaðið, October 27th 2005.
• Hugmyndirnar hitta fjármagnið, Morgunblaðið, April 21st 2005.
• Kosinn í fyrstu stjórn Samtaka Sprotafyrirtækja SI, October 1st 2004.
• Nýsköpunarmiðstöð fyrir sprotafyrirtæki, Vísir, March 24th 2004.
• Nýr framkvæmdastjóri Klaks, Morgunblaðið, May 19th 2003.
• Framkvæmdastjóraskipti hjá Mens Mentis, Viðskiptablað Morgunblaðsins, May 10th 2001.
• Reikningar birtir rafrænt í heimabönkum, Viðskiptablað Morgunblaðsins, February 1st 2001.
• Ný Glóra, húgbúnaðarlausn fyrir SAXESS-viðskiptakerfið, Morgunblaðið, October 31st 2000.
• Álfar í barnaherberginu, Morgunblaðið, January 13th 2000.
• Hugbúnaðarhús sameinast í Verkfræðihúsinu, Morgunblaðið, January 7th 2000.
• Mannabreytingar hjá Landsbankanum, Morgunblaðið, December 23rd 1998.
• Nýir starfsmenn Landsbankans, Morgunblaðið, October 1st 1998.
• Útboðsandvirðið nemur 720 milljónum króna (deCode), Morgunblaðið February 1998.
• Aukin bjartýni færist í hlutabréfamarkaðinn, DV, November 8th 1995.
• Hlutabréfamarkaðurinn: Hærra gengi hjá Pharmaco, Viðskipti DV, November 15th 1995.