Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 year ago
While anonymity still stands as the core issue of a European CBDC, the inevitable competition with private banks also raises questions. As various stakeholders in the...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
Fabio Panetta, a member of the executive board of the European Central Bank (ECB), announced the digital euro project was entering its final phase. Before the committee on economic and monetary affairs of the European Parliament, Panetta stated that...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 year ago
The digital euro, if it is created, will be available to Eurozone users first through familiar onboarding procedures. The European Central Bank (ECB) released its thir...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 year ago
A European economist has found that a digital euro would be a problem without a solution; just wait and see, he suggested. An analytical paper released by the Europea...
Cryptocoins News / Blockchain - 1 year ago
A fake video of ECB President Christine Lagarde admitting to the use of a digital euro for limited control of payments was shared on social media. The video was revealed to be a prank and was part of a series of similar hoaxes targeting public figure...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 year ago
The EBF calls itself the voice of the European banking sector; it expressed its support for European digital money, with suggestions of its own. The European Banking F...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 year ago
The Digital Euro Association (DEA) has published a new whitepaper to which Ripple Director of CBDC Product Management Anthony Ralphs was a contributor. Ripple called attention to this development in a tweet and blog post today.
The latter explains th...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
The digital euro has an important role in preserving the payment autonomy of Europe, the head of the eurozone’s monetary authority emphasized. The new currency, which is still under development, is meant to be sovereign and safe, cheap and widely ava...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 year ago
ECB board member Fabio Panetta affirms the ECB’s digital euro privacy policy and says the digital currency will never be programmable, but it may have an app. The digi...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
The ministers of finance of the countries in the eurozone reaffirmed their support for efforts to prepare for the potential launch of a digital euro. Meanwhile, the single currency area’s monetary authority sought to reassure future users that the ne...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 year ago
The Eurogroup confirmed its support for digital euro research and noted that some of the design and use elements under consideration would require political decision making....
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
The European Central Bank (ECB) has published a new report on the progress of its investigation into the possible launch of a digital euro. The research will continue next year with the regulator planning to make a decision whether to proceed to the...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 year ago
The ECB is continuing its digital euro investigation with more pieces of the potential system filled in, but no commitment to blockchain technology or even its issuance has been made....
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
Queen Maxima of the Netherlands has outlined multiple benefits central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) could bring, particularly in the area of financial inclusion. “Governments could use a digital euro to channel financial support to low-incom...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
The European Commission is going to present a legislative proposal for a digital euro in the near future, President of European Central Bank Christine Lagarde has indicated. EU legislators are expected to define the new currency’s legal tender status...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 year ago
“Let us envision that better future and build a digital euro that works for all Europeans,” said the queen in virtually addressing members of the European Commission....
Cryptocoins News / Blockchain - 1 year ago
ECB Board member Fabio Panetta has hinted that the Digital Euro may come with a limit for individuals (Read More)