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European Commission, ECB Unite to Consider Potential Pitfalls of the Digital Euro
20.1.2021
The digital euro project may get underway in mid-2021 after a period of reviewing any "policy, legal and technical questions" by the two institutions
Economist Slams ECB Chief Lagarde’s Bitcoin Remarks as Dangerous for Cryptocurrency Regulation
20.1.2021
Responding to European Central Bank (ECB) President Christine Lagarde’s recent remarks about bitcoin, the chief economist at investment firm Tressis said what Lagarde implied was “outrageous” and “dangerous” for cryptocurrency regulation. Economist Says Governments...
Europeans Warn ECB Not To Mess With Privacy in Digital Euro
14.1.2021
Over 40% of Europeans who participated in a recent consultation want a digital euro to ensure privacy protection – a suggestion that EU citizens will not take kindly to a digital currency that involves Big Brother-like monitoring of their transactions by central bankers.
These were the findings...
ECB Chief Christine Lagarde Calls for Global Bitcoin Regulation — Says BTC Conducts ‘Funny Business’
14.1.2021
The president of the European Central Bank (ECB), Christine Lagarde, has called for the global regulation of bitcoin. She said that bitcoin is a highly speculative asset and has “conducted some funny business.” Emphasizing the need for countries to work together to regulate bitcoin,...
ECB President Attacks Bitcoin Again As Digital Euro In Works
13.1.2021
Christine Lagarde. After claiming that bitcoin (BTC) is highly volatile, illiquid and speculative, Christine Lagarde, President of the European Central bank, now called for global regulation of this most popular cryptocurrency.
“(Bitcoin) is a highly speculative asset, which has conducted some...
ECB president Lagarde renews calls for global regulation of Bitcoin
13.1.2021
In a recent interview, Lagarde said that Bitcoin has been used to conduct "funny business" and "totally reprehensible money laundering activity."
ECB’s Christine Lagarde Says ‘Speculative’ Bitcoin Needs Regulation
13.1.2021
In a speech at a Reuters online event Wednesday, Lagarde said bitcoin was a speculative asset
The EURST Stablecoin Set the Path That Major Central Banks Now Want to Follow
8.1.2021
From Asia to Europe, major central banks all around the world are expected to announce their own digital currencies soon. This is vindication that stablecoins like EURST are on the right path forward, and they can serve to show how national economies should reinvent themselves following the current...
ECB: Private Sector Can Help with ‘Intensifying’ Digital Euro Project
14.12.2020
The European Central Bank (ECB) has once again opened the door to some form of private-sector collaboration as it “intensifies” its work on the digital euro – a central bank digital currency (CBDC) for Eurozone nations.
Per an official release, the ECB, the bank’s Governing Council has declared...
First Mover: Stimulus Bet Wins Even as Bitcoin Slips Below $18K
11.12.2020
MassMutual's push into bitcoin shows increasing adoption – of the narrative that the cryptocurrency can work as a hedge against central-bank money printing
JPMorgan's Coin In Action, ECB Money Printer Heats Up, Metamask in DeFi + More News
10.12.2020
Get your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptoasset and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news.
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US-based major investment bank JPMorgan said it completed a live, blockchain-based intraday repo transaction between JPMorgan’s broker...
First Mover: Bitcoin Stuck as ECB’s Lagarde Primes Extra €500B Stimulus
10.12.2020
The ECB's decision to expand an emergency bond-buying program by €500B may represent latest installment of years-long balance-sheet increase
ECB Boosts Emergency Bond-Buying Program By 37% to €1.85T Amid Pandemic Resurgence
10.12.2020
The ECB says the additional monetary policy actions were needed because of a resurgence in coronavirus cases
As Citizens Suffer Central Banks Flush Trading Houses With Trillions, Ease Corporate Strains
10.12.2020
Central banks across the world have been increasing stimulus and letting inflation run high in order to combat the disastrous economic effects of the coronavirus outbreak response. The Bank of Japan has recently become the country’s largest stockholder and the European Central Bank...
Consideration phase for digital euro to go well into 2021, says ECB exec
7.12.2020
The decision on how to launch a digital euro could still be a long time coming
ECB Chief Christine Lagarde Downplays Bitcoin’s Risks to Financial Stability, Troubled by Stablecoins
1.12.2020
ECB President Christine Lagarde downplays any risks bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies could pose to financial stability and monetary sovereignty. In contrast, she sees stablecoins, such as Facebook-backed libra, as posing “serious risks.” Christine Lagarde, Bitcoin,...
Stablecoins ‘Pose Serious Risks’ to Financial Security, ECB’s Lagarde Says
30.11.2020
Stablecoins could "threaten financial security" if widely adopted, the ECB head said in a magazine interview
European central bankers predict that the digital euro is at least five years away
30.11.2020
Nobody seems to be in a rush to digitize the euro, but that could change given increasing global competition
ECB President Touts Digital Euro, Bashes Bitcoin, Stablecoins
30.11.2020
Christine Lagarde. Source: A screenshot, Instagram/europeancentralbank
As the European Central Bank (ECB) is intensifying its efforts to roll out a digital euro, Christine Lagarde, President of the ECB, is also mounting attacks on bitcoin (BTC), among other cryptoassets and stablecoins.
In...
ECB Exec: Sovereign Money Needs To Be Reinvented
27.11.2020
Fabio Panetta. Speech by Fabio Panetta, Member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank (ECB), at the Deutsche Bundesbank conference on the "Future of Payments in Europe." Frankfurt am Main, 27 November 2020.
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Retail payments play a fundamental role in our daily lives...