Bundesbank’s Nagel: central bank business models are changing
Central bank business models are being forced to change as the economy digitalises, Joachim Nagel, Deutsche Bundesbank governor,…
Bundesbank questions legality of bank deposit tokens – Ledger Insights
In the Deutsche Bundesbank’s July monthly report, the central bank explored digital money, including central bank money, tokenized deposits and stablecoins. While…
Digital Euro’s Future Unclear as Key Vote Approaches
A vote on the digital euro could come within the first half of 2026. However, it’s not clear…
BIS and central banks of France, Singapore and Switzerland successfully test cross-border wholesale CBDCs
Project Mariana tested the cross-border trading and settlement of wholesale CBDCs. Successful trading and settlement of hypothetical euros,…
DLT fund platform IZNES simulates wCBDC usage with Banque de France – Ledger Insights
IZNES, the European UCITS fund platform that uses blockchain for record keeping, shared details about experiments during the…
International Monetary Fund spotlights XRP to solve cross-border payment inefficiencies
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has recognized XRP, the digital asset native to the XRP Ledger, as one…
Bundesbank: why it prefers trigger payments to token-based wholesale CBDC – Ledger Insights
It’s been two years since the Deutsche Bundesbank unveiled tests for a trigger solution to settle DLT securities transactions with central bank…
ECB’s Cipollone pushes back on offline-only digital euro proposal – Ledger Insights
Yesterday, the European Central Bank (ECB) Director Piero Cipollone made a speech about the digital euro to the European…
Digital euro parliamentary debate: is a CBDC the only path to payment sovereignty? – Ledger Insights
The European Parliament rapporteur for the digital euro has proposed giving private payment firms an equal chance to…
Banks Warn Digital Euro Could Impede Private-Sector Payments
The European Central Bank’s digital euro effort is reportedly facing pushback from banks and lawmakers. The central bank…
ECB’s digital euro plan faces strong resistance from European banks
European aerospace companies Airbus, Leonardo, and Thales have announced they will merge their space businesses. The new joint…
European Central Bank Looks to Test Digital Euro in 2027
That’s assuming national governments and the European Parliament agree on a legal framework next year, with potential issuance…