ECB launches ‘digital euro for banks’ and prepares to buy tokenized bonds
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The Eurosystem launched Pontes on Monday, giving banks a live route to settle tokenized assets in central-bank money. The European Central Bank (ECB) simultaneously began preparations to invest a small portion of its own funds in tokenized securities,…
ECB opens merchant applications for controlled 2027 digital euro pilot
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The European Central Bank has opened applications for online merchants to join a controlled pilot of the digital euro, its proposed retail central bank digital currency. The move brings the 2027 test closer to online checkout, but it does not put an…