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…
Anti-CBDC Surveillance Act shouldn’t prevent wholesale CBDC, tokenized reserves – Ledger Insights
The House of Representatives yesterday passed the Anti-CBDC Surveillance Act alongside legislation for stablecoins (GENIUS Act) and crypto…
ECB updates status of digital euro work – Ledger Insights
The European Central Bank has published its third progress report on its work on the digital euro, its…
Reserve Bank of Australia plans wholesale CBDC trials on public and private DLTs – Ledger Insights
Project Acacia is an Australian initiative to support the settlement of tokenized transactions using stablecoins, tokenized deposits or…
South Korea Pauses CBDC Efforts Amid Stablecoin Excitement
The Bank of Korea is reportedly suspending its digital currency program amid increased stablecoin enthusiasm. The central bank (BOK) has…
ECB’s interim solution for wholesale DLT settlement will take more than a year – Ledger Insights
In February the European Central Bank announced plans for a two track Eurosystem solution to enable the wholesale…
ECB’s Lagarde tells EU parliament that digtal euro law urgent – Ledger Insights
European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde urged the European parliament to move quickly to provide legislation for the…
IMF seen as overstretched in expanding its work, including digital currency – Ledger Insights
Today the Independent Evaluation Office (IEO) of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded that newer IMF policy areas…
Bank of Japan says no plans for CBDC, but updates pilot status of digital yen – Ledger Insights
The Bank of Japan has no immediate plans to launch a central bank digital currency (CBDC), according to…
EU finance ministers signal urgency on digital euro amid Trump steps – Ledger Insights
After a meeting of European Union finance ministers, Eurogroup President Paschal Donohoe said there’s been progress on legislation…
70 organizations join ECB’s digital euro innovation platform – Ledger Insights
The European Central Bank (ECB) announced the launch of its innovation platform for the digital euro central bank…
ECB Establishes Innovation Hub to Test Digital Euro as Preparation Phase Nears End
The European Central Bank (ECB) said it set up an innovation hub with 70 participants to test its…