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 Official Says Digital Euro Would Enhance Resilience
The European Union should accelerate its efforts to introduce a digital euro, in part because this technology would…
Bank of England: systemic stablecoins can hold ‘some’ government bonds – Ledger Insights
During a speech today, Bank of England Deputy Governor Sarah Breeden discussed stablecoins. When the central bank outlined…
IMF explores solutions to some of stablecoin’s challenges – Ledger Insights
If you’ve been reading coverage of stablecoins during this ‘stablecoin summer’, you’ll notice it has a tendency to…
Bank of Korea suggests stablecoin central bank backstop – Ledger Insights
During a joint industry and academic event covering stablecoins, the Bank of Korea’s Head of its Digital Currency…
ECB bets on barnstorming start for digital euro – POLITICO
“The impact on savings and retail banks of the digital euro taking a big chunk of card transactions…
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…
Diebold Nixdorf and ECB join hands on digital euro project
Diebold Nixdorf has joined forces with the European Central Bank’s (ECB) initiative to assess the use cases and…
Lagarde’s ‘euro moment’ busted by dollar-linked stablecoins – POLITICO
Best defense For years, ECB officials have framed the launch of a digital euro as Europe’s most effective…
IMF blockchain analysis confirms stablecoins flow from US to RoW – Ledger Insights
New International Monetary Fund (IMF) research confirms what many suspected: stablecoins are accelerating dollar adoption worldwide, with billions…
Deutsche Bank, UBS settle tokenized deposit payments in Bundesbank Trigger solution experiment – Ledger Insights
Last week UBS said it was piloting UBS Digital Cash, a blockchain-based solution for multi-currency payments that allows…