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New Bitcoin Trust, ECB Might Limit Digital Euro Holdings + More News
9.2.2021
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Investing news
US-based major crypto lending and trading company BlockFi announced the launch of the BlockFi Bitcoin Trust, an investment vehicle...
European Commission, ECB Unite to Consider Potential Pitfalls of the Digital Euro
20.1.2021
The digital euro project may get underway in mid-2021 after a period of reviewing any "policy, legal and technical questions" by the two institutions
New Bitcoin ETP, Faster BNB Burn, Digital Euro, Enjin in Japan + More news
19.1.2021
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Bitcoin news
CoinShares, Europe's major digital asset manager, today announced the launch of a new physically-backed ETP, CoinShares Physical...
Europeans Warn ECB Not To Mess With Privacy in Digital Euro
14.1.2021
Over 40% of Europeans who participated in a recent consultation want a digital euro to ensure privacy protection – a suggestion that EU citizens will not take kindly to a digital currency that involves Big Brother-like monitoring of their transactions by central bankers.
These were the findings...
ECB President Attacks Bitcoin Again As Digital Euro In Works
13.1.2021
Christine Lagarde. After claiming that bitcoin (BTC) is highly volatile, illiquid and speculative, Christine Lagarde, President of the European Central bank, now called for global regulation of this most popular cryptocurrency.
“(Bitcoin) is a highly speculative asset, which has conducted some...
Italian Banking Association launches experimental digital euro project
6.1.2021
The Italian Banking Association, ABI, is conducting digital euro tests as the European Central Bank is yet to make a clear decision on a central bank digital currency
Huobi Set for US Return, Italians Experiment With Digital Euro + More News
22.12.2020
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Exchanges news
The Huobi business group appears set to make a return to the United States a year after it hastily exited the country. The group’s...
ECB: Private Sector Can Help with ‘Intensifying’ Digital Euro Project
14.12.2020
The European Central Bank (ECB) has once again opened the door to some form of private-sector collaboration as it “intensifies” its work on the digital euro – a central bank digital currency (CBDC) for Eurozone nations.
Per an official release, the ECB, the bank’s Governing Council has declared...
Bank of France’s Deputy Governor Discusses CBDC Progress, Regulatory Changes
12.12.2020
The Bank of France’s deputy governor said there has been a “hands-on approach” with the bank’s experiment to launch a digital euro for the general public
Mass Adoption of a Digital Euro Could Be a ‘Clear Negative’ for Europe’s Banks: BofA
9.12.2020
A Bank of America report on a possible mass-adopted digital euro noted that such movement could spell difficulty for commercial banks that could see some of their deposits migrate to the European Central Bank
Consideration phase for digital euro to go well into 2021, says ECB exec
7.12.2020
The decision on how to launch a digital euro could still be a long time coming
European central bankers predict that the digital euro is at least five years away
30.11.2020
Nobody seems to be in a rush to digitize the euro, but that could change given increasing global competition
ECB President Touts Digital Euro, Bashes Bitcoin, Stablecoins
30.11.2020
Christine Lagarde. Source: A screenshot, Instagram/europeancentralbank
As the European Central Bank (ECB) is intensifying its efforts to roll out a digital euro, Christine Lagarde, President of the ECB, is also mounting attacks on bitcoin (BTC), among other cryptoassets and stablecoins.
In...
EU will decide on digital euro in January 2021: ECB president
12.11.2020
“At that point in time we will make the decision as to whether or not we go forward with the digital euro.”
ECB’s Lagarde Has ‘Hunch’ Digital Euro Will Launch in 2-4 Years
12.11.2020
ECB President Christine Lagarde says the impetus for a central bank digital currency could come from the need to facilitate cross-border finance
ECB Begins Public Survey About a Digital Euro, Implying a Broad Retail Offering Is Now on the Table
1.11.2020
The survey indicates a much more profound change in the way finance works is being contemplated
ConSensys collaborates with Banque de France digital euro partner
28.10.2020
Blockchain firm ConsenSys is becoming increasingly active in the central bank digital currency space
Bank of Spain to Weigh Digital Currency Design Proposals, ‘Implications’ Through 2021
16.10.2020
The "priority" research comes as Spain weighs a global pivot to digital economies
Digital Euro Within Decade ‘Very Likely,’ Says Finland’s Chief Central Banker
16.10.2020
Olli Rehn believes a digital euro "in one form or another" is all but inevitable
Blockchain firm Monerium thinks Europe 'already has' a digital euro
14.10.2020
The ECB should grant e-money issuers access to central bank reserves, says Monerium