Germany’s Bundesbank Chief Backs Euro Stablecoins as Europe Pursues Payment Sove...
TLDR: Bundesbank President Nagel endorsed euro stablecoins as low-cost tools for cross-border payments across Europe. The digital...
ECB Sets 2029 Target for Digital Euro Launch as Legislative Process Advances
TLDR: ECB targets mid-2029 for digital euro issuance pending legislative approval with pilot launch in 2027. Nearly 70% of Europe...
ECB’s Cipollone Defends Digital Euro Amid Rising Geopolitical Tensions and Payme...
TLDR: Cash usage in eurozone transactions plummeted from 40% in 2019 to just 24% in 2024 as digital payments surge Digital euro w...
ECB Warns Europe Can’t Wait for Private Solution as Cash Use Plunges – Is CBDC t...
The ECB has finished technical prep for a digital euro, Lagarde has said, as Cipollone has warned cash use fell to 24% of daily tr...
Panetta Calls for Tokenization of Bank Money to Compete with Stablecoins
TLDR Fabio Panetta, Governor of the Bank of Italy, urges commercial banks to adopt tokenized money to stay competitive in the digi...
70 Economists Urge EU to Launch Public Digital Euro Over Private Stablecoins
70 economists, including Thomas Piketty and Paul De Grauwe, have urged EU lawmakers to shape the digital euro around privacy, incl...
ECB gains backing from Council of EU for caps on digital euro holdings
Concerned that a CBDC will drain funds from traditional banks, regulators are considering caps on how much digital euro citizens c...
EU Council Greenlights Digital Euro With ‘Offline’ Mode — Is Privacy Finally Sec...
The EU Council has endorsed a digital euro with both online and offline functionality, part of efforts to modernize payments while...
ECB Confirms DLT Transactions Coming in 2026 as Digital Euro Privacy Debate Heat...
The European Central Bank says it plans to support distributed ledger technology transactions from 2026, as debate intensifies ove...
Digital Euro is Ready to Advance, Awaits Legislative Action: ECB’s Christine Lag...
ECB President Christine Lagarde said that the digital euro is technically ready and is now awaiting legislative approval.The post...