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Policy

ECB's Villeroy Says U.S. Crypto Support Could Trigger Next Financial Emergency

The U.S. "risks sinning through negligence," Villeroy said in an interview with French newspaper La Tribune Dimanche

 Banque de France's Governor François Villeroy de Galhau (Image via Wikimedia Commons)

Policy

ECB Targets October to Finish Digital Euro Preparation Phase

Lawmakers recently raised concerns regarding the digital euro.

ECB President Christine Lagarde (Thomas Lohnes / Getty Images)

Markets

ECB Expected to Cut Interest Rates as Traders Pile Into Fed Easing Bets

Renewed bias for rate cuts could ease financial conditions, offering bullish cues to risk assets, including bitcoin.

ECB is likely to cut rates Thursday. (sergeitokmakov/Pixabay)

Policy

European Central Bank to Work on Settlement System for Distributed-Ledger Transactions

The two-stage process will start with a link to the existing Target system.

European Union (Christian Lue / Unsplash)

Finance

Siemens Issues $330M Digital Bond on Private Blockchain with Major German Banks Including Deutsche Bank

The issuance was the company's first digital bond with fully automated settlement, building on last year's issuance on the Polygon network.

(Hiroshi Higuchi/Getty Images)

Policy

Slovenia Becomes First European Union Nation to Issue Sovereign Digital Bond

The 30 million-euro ($32.5 million) bond was settled through the Bank of France's tokenized cash system and coordinated by BNP Paribas.

Slovenia (Neven Krcmarek/ Unsplash)

Finance

Italy's Top Banks Participate in 25M Euro Digital Bond Issuance on Polygon in ECB Trial

Global lenders and asset managers are increasingly exploring blockchain tech to issue and transfer traditional financial instruments, also known as tokenization of real-world assets.

Intesa Sanpaolo headquarters in Turin (Riccardo Tuninato/Unsplash)

Opinion

The European Central Bank Is Either Lying About Bitcoin or Lying to Itself

ECB Director General Ulrich Bindseil and advisor Jürgen Schaaf are definitely against bitcoin, but their reasons don’t make a lot of sense.

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Policy

ECB Officials' Full Statement on Bitcoin's Failed Promise and ETFs

In their full blog post, European Central Bank Director General Ulrich Bindseil and Advisor Jürgen Schaaf express their view that Bitcoin has not fulfilled its potential as a global, decentralized digital currency.

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Policy

Bitcoin ETF Approval Comparable to 'Naked Emperor’s New Clothes,’ ECB Officials Say

The U.S. SEC’s approval of multiple spot ETFs and the billions of dollars that have poured in since don't make Bitcoin a good investment or a better means of payment, the central bankers said in a blog post.

European Central Bank building in Frankfurt, Germany. (Photo by Jeremy Moeller/Getty Images)