European Central Bank to ‘Accelerate’ CBDC Plans, Eyeing 2029 Digital Euro Rollout
The European Central Bank has been told to “accelerate” the process of developing the digital euro—a central bank…
Bundesbank survey explores digital euro disintermediation impact on banks – Ledger Insights
Last week, the Deutsche Bundesbank unveiled the results of a comprehensive digital euro survey that explored how households might react to the…
Could digital currencies end banking as we know it? The future of money
Inkoly/Shutterstock Throughout history, control over money has been one of the most powerful levers of state authority. Rulers…
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…
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…
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…
South Korean Central Bank Wants to Use CBDC to Pay $79.3B Worth of Gov’t Subsidies
The Governor of the South Korean Central Bank says Seoul is planning to use its Central Bank Digital…
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…
Is the ECB warming to stablecoins? – Ledger Insights
In a blog post, “From hype to hazard: what stablecoins mean for Europe”, Jürgen Schaaf, a European Central…