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Per a May 20 announcement from Banque de France, France has become the first country to successfully trial a digital euro, operational on a blockchain, following a call for new technology to back such a development at the end of MarchThe bank says it tested a sale of securities for
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A blog post from the European Central Bank (ECB) discusses the importance of resilient payment mechanisms. While the report focuses on legacy systems, it also mentions novel blockchain-based technologies like the digital euro.Published on April 28 and authored by Fabio Panetta, a member of the bank’s executive board, the report
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The Dutch central bank wants to be the proving ground for central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) in the European Union.In a 45-page report released by the bank on April 21, the De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB) said it was “ready to play a leading role” with research and development into its
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Cryptocurrency exchange Binance has confirmed it will offer euro (EUR) trading against six cryptocurrencies in the platform’s latest fiat expansion.In a blog post on Jan. 3, Binance confirmed trading for EUR pairs would begin at 8am the same day. Users will be able to trade EUR against Bitcoin (BTC),
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The European Central Bank under the new leadership of Legarde, has confirmed work on the digital Euro is underway with ‘several options’ being considered. This news comes as numerous countries also announced their intention to move from fiat to digital currencies moving towards a cashless society everywhere. My message is that while
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Long-time Polish-UK trans-European project Billon has recently been selected by Raiffeisen Bank International (RBI) to showcase their technology in the bank’s Elevator Lab Partnership Program. The awarded idea, presented during the final qualification round on 17 October 2019 in Vienna, is a distributed ledger technology (DLT) based digital cash platform
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German banks have presented a position paper in which they make several arguments for the digital euro.On Oct. 30, in a paper released by the Association of German Banks (Bankenverband), which represents more than 200 private commercial banks and eleven member associations, banks stated that the “economy needs a
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Facebook is in new rounds of talks focused on discussing potential backings for its digital currency Libra.It was recently reported that Facebook has informed U.S. senators that it might not consider the Chinese Yuan as a potential contender for a backing of the cryptocurrency Libra. Facebook has submitted details of
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Roger Ver from Bitcoin.com and Swiss investment firm Pangea Blockchain Fund have invested some 4 million euro into a Slovenian startup called Eligma this week. The startup has received plenty of international attention on the blockchain scene and started its innovation path with a public crowd sale in 2018. advertisementRoger Ver,
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