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Huobi Set for US Return, Italians Experiment With Digital Euro + More News
22.12.2020
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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...
Curve Finance wants to promote euro stablecoins in DeFi
21.12.2020
New pool allows European and Asian users to avoid US dollar exposure
SatoshiPay to Become First User of German Bank’s Euro Stablecoin
15.12.2020
Bankhaus von der Heydt partnered with Bitbond to launch its euro-backed stablecoin on Stellar last week
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
EU firm’s head trader explains why euro stablecoins are hard to come by
10.12.2020
The crypto world does not have a major euro-pegged stablecoin yet
Euro stablecoin launched on Stellar by one of Europe's oldest banks
10.12.2020
The EURB is fully regulated and backed 100% by Euros, allowing banks and institutional investors to use the cryptocurrency without exposure to counterparty risk
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
One of the World’s Oldest Banks Is Issuing a Euro Stablecoin on Stellar
9.12.2020
Germany’s Bankhaus von der Heydt is working with Bitbond for the first direct issuance of a stablecoin by a bank on Stellar, the firms said
EURST Stablecoin – The Cost of Answering the Call of the Economic Times
9.12.2020
The technological developments brought about by the invention of blockchain, bitcoin, and cryptocurrencies are rapidly transforming the financial landscape with the nascent industry failing to fit any conventional classification to become an asset class of its own. Stablecoins Are the Solution...
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
Peter Schiff Lays Into Grayscale and CNBC, Claims Conspiracy to Pump BTC Value
3.12.2020
Euro Pacific Capital CEO Peter Schiff is now training his guns on Grayscale Trust’s GBTC after the validation of his regular anti-bitcoin rhetoric was cut short by a resurgent crypto market. After rapidly falling to around $16,500 on November 26, BTC quickly recovered before it went on to...
Italské městečko Castropignano nabízí domy k rekonstrukci za 1 euro
2.12.2020
Italské městečko Castropignano nabízí domy k rekonstrukci za 1 euro
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...
EURST Stablecoin – Reinvention of the European Economy
28.11.2020
Over the years, we have been introduced to a digital transformation, which has created and shaped communities around the world. Digital technologies have introduced newly evolved ways of how the world interacts, operates, and most of all, conducts exchanges. In the current economic hardship and...
Exchanges outdo auctions for governments cashing in criminal crypto, says exec
27.11.2020
Governments are increasingly liquidating crypto assets seized in criminal investigations
Christine Lagarde: ‘The European Central Bank Cannot Go Bankrupt or Run Out of Money’
24.11.2020
In remarks that highlight flaws of the fiat currency system, the European Central Bank (ECB) president, Christine Lagarde, says the institution cannot go bankrupt even if it incurs losses running into trillions. According to Lagarde, normal bankruptcy rules do not apply to the ECB primarily because...
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