# #145 CBDC’s; Building Sovereign Digital Infrastructure with Xin Yan of Sign Global

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Podcast: [Alt Funds Network](https://stenobird.com/podcast/alt-funds-network-6503747)
Published: 2026-05-08T15:19:26+00:00
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Background: Xin Yan, Co-founder and CEO of Sign, fuses the technical rigor of hardware engineering with the strategic foresight of venture capital to architect sovereign infrastructure for nations Description: Alt Funds Network hosts Mike Schroeder and Skyler Steinke interview Xin Yan, CEO and co-founder of Sign Global, about building sovereign digital infrastructure for governments, including CBDCs, stablecoins, and digital ID. Xin explains his path from electronic engineering and crypto mining to venture investing and founding Sign, which now serves seven country clients. He frames CBDCs as a private-blockchain ledger for fiat that improves auditability, monetary control, and privacy by letting commercial banks monitor users while central banks monitor banks. The discussion contrasts CBDCs (domestic rails) with stablecoins (often for foreigners), explores a future P2P multi-currency payments network, and addresses concerns about government control, bank competition, and real-time settlement. Xin also covers verifiable credentials for identity, data-security risks, government adoption dynamics, and how digitized rules and AI could modernize compliance.

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