The Kansas City Fed named cryptocurrencies and stablecoins in the official brief for this year’s Jackson Hole symposium. In 48 earlier editions, no agenda had made private digital money the subject of the meeting.

The 49th symposium runs August 27 to 29 in Wyoming. Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh gives his opening remarks Friday morning. The theme is financial innovation and what it does to payments and policy.

What the Jackson Hole crypto agenda actually says

The announcement listed cryptocurrencies and stablecoins beside instant payments. The brief then framed the week around the future of currency, banking, and how policy gets carried out.

The program follows that brief. Six papers…