Digital euro can ward off a host of private payment service ills: ECB official
Private payment services can gain a monopoly over services with no benefit to other market players or economic stability...
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ECB official labels crypto as 'deleterious' with 'no societal benefits' in scathing speech
According to Fabio Panetta, the volatility of crypto and aspects of blockchain technology made digital assets only suita...
ECB sums up digital euro prototyping exercise as it nears possible pilot launch
The European Central Bank exercise looked at a variety of use cases, most of which were quite satisfactory, as well as t...
European bankers on digital euro: 'ECB has no interest in users’ personal data'
While anonymity still stands as the core issue of European CBDC, the inevitable competition with private banks also rais...
ECB considers digital euro access, distribution in third design progress report
The digital euro, if it is created, will be available to Eurozone users first through familiar onboarding procedures.
CBDC will be used for ‘control’ ECB president admits in vid chat with fake Zelensky
The ECB President admitted that “there will be control” in regards to a digital euro, much to the displeasure of the cry...
ECB official urges CBDC development for the good of cryptocurrency and consumers
ECB board member Fabio Panetta has woven his enthusiasm for blockchain technology and skepticism of cryptocurrency into...
ECB official proposes ban on tokens with an 'excessive ecological footprint'
EU officials previously rejected an outright ban on crypto mining, but the Markets in Crypto Assets bill could require f...
ECB reports on digital euro validation, privacy one year into investigative phase
The ECB’s two-year investigative phase is halfway completed, with key use and policy issues clarified; more stakeholder...
ECB should have DLT wholesale settlements when the market wants it, official says
Executive board member Fabio Panetta says it would undermine financial stability if the ECB were unprepared to use distr...
