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JUST IN: ECB Is “Very Seriously” Looking At Digital Euro: Christine Lagarde

Mon, 10/12/2020 - 13:34
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Yuri Molchan
Head of the European Central Bank, Christine Lagarde, says that the ECB is very seriously considering digital euro launch, Bloomberg reports
JUST IN: ECB Is “Very Seriously” Looking At Digital Euro: Christine Lagarde
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The European Central Bank is very seriously considering launching a digital euro, according to Bloomberg.

ECB is seriously looking into launching the digital EUR

By doing so the ECB intends to oppose the present means of electronic payments, like cryptocurrencies, digital wallets and digital banking.

The Paypers has reported that the digital EUR would be backed by the ECB in an attempt to make this currency "risk-free"; it will also enable both online and maybe even offline payments.

The EU central bank intends to launch a public consultation period and begin experimenting to figure out whether or not they will indeed issue the digital analogue of EUR.

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Growing trend of switching to CBDC

Other countries are also working on the release of their digital currencies backed by central banks: CBDC (central bank digital currencies).

China has already begun trials of DCEP (the digital version of the yuan), and South Korea intends to start testing digital won next year.

The U.S. is also studying the possibility of emitting a digital dollar in order to try and retain its global leadership in the finance sphere.

However, the CEO of the Ripple tech giant, Brad Garlinghouse, has recently stated that the company may move its headquarters from San Francisco to a more crypto-friendly jurisdiction since the U.S. does not seem to be prepared to issue a regulatory framework that would allow the crypto industry to develop and prosper.

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Yuri is a crypto journalist interested in technology and technical innovations. He has been in crypto since 2017. Believes that blockchain and cryptocurrencies have a potential to transform the world in the future in many of its aspects. ‘Hodls’ major cryptocurrencies and has written for multiple crypto media outlets. 

His articles have been quoted by such crypto influencers as Tyler Winklevoss, John McAfee, CZ Binance, Max Keiser, etc.

Currently Yuri is a news writer at U.Today and can be contacted at yuri.molchan@u.today.