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Bitcoin critic, ECB chief Lagarde says her son ‘ignored’ her, lost money on crypto: Report

European Central Bank (ECB) president and prominent Bitcoin (BTC) critic Christine Lagarde has shared a family story about unsuccessful cryptocurrency investments, according to a report from Reuters.Lagarde told students at a town hall in Frankfurt on Nov. 24 that her son lost “almost all” of his investments in crypto

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ECB details how the digital euro will future-proof the European market

The European Central Bank emphasizes that the digital euro will modernize and future-proof the pan-European financial ecosystem.  The European Central Bank (ECB) today has published a statement on how the digital euro will benefit EU consumers and transform the European economy. The ECB emphasized that its key aim is to proactively

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Italy’s Cipollone Defends Digital Euro as He Seeks Fabio Panetta’s Role at the European Central Bank (ECB)

A digital euro would “reinforce the ability to pay with public money throughout Europe with a technology and infrastructure that is based in Europe,” he told members of the European Parliament’s Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee, promising offline functionality, accessibility and “excellent solutions” to protect privacy. Original Source

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EU’s ECB Faces Opposition to Digital Euro Plans That Threaten to Slow CBDC Project

Ultimately central bank officials are usually economists, not marketing experts, and technical answers may only go so far. As Erik Luts, chief innovation officer at Belgian bank KBC, said, for CBDCs to work, people need to trust them, and that requires its proponents not just to argue over details, but

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Digital euro can ward off a host of private payment service ills: ECB official

The European Central Bank (ECB) is quite happy with the European Commission’s legislative proposals for the digital euro. ECB executive board member Fabio Panetta told the European Parliament’s Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs in a speech on Sept. 4 that the proposals “put Europe at the forefront of advanced

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