ECB Archive
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“Stablecoins are pretending to be a coin, but in fact it’s completely associated with an actual currency,” said Christine Lagarde.
By satoshi
September 2, 2021
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Spain’s oldest active political party is reportedly looking to create a public digital currency.
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The European Central Bank should rely on public-private cooperation for issuing a digital euro, an exec at BBVA’s digital regulation team said.
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Banks in smaller countries like Latvia, Estonia and Greece could be impacted harder by the digital euro, analysts said.
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Greenpeace has said its facility for accepting Bitcoin donations will be scrapped as it is “no longer tenable” in light of the climate crisis.
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European Central Bank vice president Luis de Guindos is expecting more sudden price swings for cryptocurrencies as the market sheds $750 billion in a week.
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A former Apple executive believes the European Central Bank might just be paying lip service to the concept of privacy in relation to a digital euro.
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Decentralized CBDCs will most likely pique the interest of the masses much more than their centralized counterparts.
By satoshi
April 25, 2021
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Privacy concerns regarding the digital euro abound as the European Central bank test the waters for a central bank digital currency.
By satoshi
April 14, 2021
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The ECB will decide whether to proceed with digital euro pilots by mid-2021, Lagarde said.
By satoshi
March 31, 2021
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The European Central Bank has demanded veto power from lawmakers in the European Union over private stablecoin projects like Diem.
By satoshi
February 23, 2021
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The ECB President gives the impression that central banks will avoided copying institutions in hoarding cryptocurrency.
By satoshi
February 11, 2021
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The central bank said it will reach a decision on releasing a digital euro “towards the middle of 2021.”
By satoshi
February 9, 2021
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Nobody seems to be in a rush to digitize the euro, but that could change given increasing global competition.
By satoshi
November 30, 2020
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“At that point in time we will make the decision as to whether or not we go forward with the digital euro.”
By satoshi
November 12, 2020
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Bitcoin price rallied from $12,920 to $13,600 in the hours following the European Central Bank (ECB) statement and optimistic job data from the U.S.
By satoshi
October 29, 2020
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Talk of CBDCs and Facebook’s Libra headlined this week’s policy news, as international organizations weigh in on both.
By satoshi
October 16, 2020
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A digital euro would not replace cash, but complement it, says the European Central Bank.
By satoshi
October 13, 2020
