What it takes to make CBDCs a reality
Dr. Raoul-Thomas Herborg , CEO of G&D Currency Technology, Giesecke+Devrient By Dr. Raoul-Thomas Herborg, CEO of G&D Currency…
Digital euro unlikely to launch before 2028/2029 – Bundesbank – Ledger Insights
During a speech this week, Dr Joachim Nagel, President of the Deutsche Bundesbank, implied that Europe’s central bank digital currency…
ECB presents findings from digital euro innovation platform and announces second round of experimentation
Experimentation with almost 70 market participants highlights digital euro’s potential to foster innovation and financial inclusionECB to launch…
Germany’s central bank is creating DLT team, hiring engineers – Ledger Insights
Germany’s Bundesbank is hiring DLT developers and engineers for its “new DLT team”. The job postings include a…
ECB Official Says Digital Euro Has Momentum After ‘Breakthrough’
A digital euro could be rolled out in the middle of 2029, European Central Bank Executive Board Member…
French central bank mulls impact of tokenization on dollar dominance – Ledger Insights
Agnès Bénassy-Quéré, Deputy Governor of the Banque de France, recently debated whether tokenization could enhance the dollar’s dominance…
Bank of Italy develops custom Bitcoin consensus for central bank DLT – Ledger Insights
The Bank of Italy is planning quite a bit of research work on distributed ledger technology (DLT). In…
ECB Says Digital Euro a Necessary Tool During Major Disruptions
A digital euro would be required to ensure users can still make payments during major outages, according to…
Stablecoins, crypto cause a third of central banks to accelerate CBDC work – BIS – Ledger Insights
In the past few months the European Central Bank has frequently cited the expansive US approach to stablecoins…
Unpacking the report that ECB mulls public blockchain for digital euro CBDC – Ledger Insights
Today the Financial Times ran an article saying EU officials are accelerating plans for the digital euro central…
Bundesbank: digital euro targets payment sovereignty threats from US, China – Ledger Insights
In a recent interview, Bundesbank board member Burkhard Balz spoke about his view on the need for a…
Brazil’s DREX CBDC project pivots away from blockchain, tokenization – Ledger Insights
Last week during a presentation at the Blockchain Rio event, Brazil’s central bank Governor Gabriel Gallipolo spoke about…