2023-10-19
We need to prepare our currency for the future. While we haven't yet decided whether to issue a digital euro, we're getting ready. We envisage a digital euro as a digital form of cash that can be used for all digital payments, coexisting with physical cash, leaving no one behind.
Reuters
The European Central Bank plans to start a two-year “preparation phase” for the digital euro on November 1, to finalize rules, select partners, and do testing
The European Central Bank took a further step on Wednesday towards launching a digital version of the euro …
2021-07-15
We have decided to move up a gear and start the investigation phase of the digital euro project. In the digital age people and firms should continue to have access to the safest form of money - central bank money. https://twitter.com/...
Bloomberg
European Central Bank says it will begin a 24-month “investigation phase” that could lead to the creation of a digital euro by around 2025
- Process will take 24 months before decision on adoption taken — ECB says infrastructure would use far less energy than Bitcoin
2021-07-14
We have decided to move up a gear and start the investigation phase of the digital euro project. In the digital age people and firms should continue to have access to the safest form of money - central bank money. https://twitter.com/...
Bloomberg
European Central Bank says it will begin a 24-month “investigation phase” that could lead to the creation of a digital euro by around 2025
- Process will take 24 months before decision on adoption taken — ECB says infrastructure would use far less energy than Bitcoin
2018-03-14
Harnessing the potential of #cryptoassets — while also ensuring they never become a haven for money laundering & terror financing or threaten financial stability - calls for cooperation & smart use of technology. I explain the promise & peril in my blog. http://blogs.imf.org/...
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