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MILAN, Dec 19 (Reuters) - The EU Council on Friday backed a negotiating position for a digital euro that includes both online and offline functionality, diverging from earlier European Parliament ...

European Union governments agreed on a common position on the digital euro, marking an important milestone for the project that’s seen as crucial for the bloc’s monetary sovereignty and the joint ...

The Council today agreed its negotiating position on key proposals to strengthen the euro currency by enabling the introduction of a digital euro and by better clarifying the legal tender status of ...

The European Central Bank said on Thursday that it has completed the preparatory work on the digital Euro, pending approval from EU lawmakers. “We have done our work, we have carried the water, but it ...

European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde said Thursday the central bank has completed its technical and preparatory work on the digital euro and that it is now up to political institutions to ...

Gelephu Mindfulness City (GMC) will officially launch TER, the world’s first sovereign-backed, physical gold-backed digital token, on December 17, the 118th National Day of Bhutan. derive Dzongkha ...

The world economy is currently undergoing a major transformation, marked by the widespread move to central bank digital currency (CBDC). Comparable to the introduction of paper money in 18th century ...

The European Central Bank is advancing the digital euro, emphasizing efficiency, sovereignty, trust, and inclusion as key advantages for the Eurosystem. Global CBDC launches, including China's eCNY ...

How would CBDC affect competition in the payments market? If introduced, CBDC can serve as a payment instrument, expanding end users’ transaction choices, and as a platform infrastructure, broadening ...

This content has been selected, created and edited by the Finextra editorial team based upon its relevance and interest to our community. In its latest update on the multi-year project, the ECB says ...