T he European Central Bank (ECB) has released its first progress report on the development of a central bank digital currency (CBDC). The June 24 update emphasizes the ECB’s efforts in creating ...

The lawmaker said that it’s time to stop “totalitarian temptations” by the ECB, calling for a shift from regulatory overreach in crypto to adopting the decentralized nature of Bitcoin.

A CBDC gives the government untold economic power ... the European Central Bank’s Piero Cipollone assured the European Parliament that the ECB would not make any decision about launching ...

The European Central Bank (ECB) is laying the groundwork for the probable launch of its wholesale and retail central bank digital currency (CBDC), the Digital Euro. Christine Lagarde, President of the ...

A digital euro would prevent fragmentation in the financial settlement market and lessen Europe’s dependence on solutions ...

The European Central Bank (ECB) has been working on developing the digital euro, a central bank digital currency (CBDC) that would operate as an electronic equivalent to cash in the EU.

Panetta alongside other members of the ECB board plus the governors of national central banks. The digital euro - which would be the EU's central bank digital currency (CBDC) - a digital token ...

The preparation phase follows a two-year investigation phase, which examined the design and distribution of a CBDC. The ECB has said it envisions the digital euro as a digital form of cash that is ...

Plus the ECB must decide what technology it’s going to use for the CBDC – and, crucially, whether it will adopt Web3 innovations like decentralized ledgers and blockchain technology.

A digital euro, by contrast, would essentially be an online wallet guaranteed by the ECB but operated by companies ... own central bank digital currency (CBDC). Nigeria, Jamaica and the Bahamas ...