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Economists with the European Central Bank (ECB) contend that Bitcoin's (BTC) limited usage disqualifies it as a legitimate form of currency.
As the interest rate environment has changes, the market of EUR stablecoin issuers has changed significantly. Circle Internet Financial has become the largest EUR-backed stablecoin (EURC) issuer on the market, surpassing Tether’s EURT and Stasis’ EURS stablecoins. According to Kaiko’s…
According to Fabio Panetta, an executive European Central Bank (ECB) official, the regulator is considering a uniform platform compatible with the existing interbank settlement system. ECB Eyes Distributed Ledger Technology for Efficiency In a move to improve the efficiency of…
European Central Bank (ECB) executive, Fabio Panetta has argued that the creation of a digital euro would help the apex bank protect its monetary sovereignty against threats from competing cryptocurrencies, while also offering users better privacy protection, according to a…
The European Central Bank (ECB) would be considering the possibility of issuing its own digital Euro if the private sector fails to guarantee a convenient changeover for cross-border payments. The news was published by Bloomberg on December 4. Jumping on…
After the official announcement of Libra, Agustín Carstens, the general manager of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), revealed that central banks may adopt digital currencies sooner than we expect. The fear is that big tech groups such as Facebook…
European Central Bank policymaker Francois Villeroy de Galhau believes that stablecoins can play an important role in the financial system as they aren’t as volatile as Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, reported Bloomberg, May 15, 2019. What’s Not Understood is Often…
According to an article by Bloomberg, published on January 7, 2019, European Central Bank (ECB) policymaker Ardo Hansson opines that cryptocurrencies are destined to die as a “complete load of nonsense.” The Crypto Bubble Has already Started to Collapse While…