The Bank of England’s statement said the group will explore “CBDC use cases; economic, functional and technical design choices, including cross-border interoperability; and the sharing of knowledge on emerging technologies.”
The French Army couldn't beat China in the Tonkin War of 1884-5. Can it beat China's central bank to a to a digital currency in 2020? (via Banque de France)France: 2020 national digital currency bridge to e-euro
François Villeroy de Galhau appoints Nathalie Aufauvre to build a French national digital currency leading to an e-euro
Banque de France Governor François Villeroy de Galhau is planning to test a central bank-issued digital currency by 2020 to do it. Along the way, he’s making a play for French leadership of the European economy.
Mario Draghi, President, European Central Bank, Frankfurt during the special address session at the Annual Meeting 2013 of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, January 25, 2013. . . Copyright by World Economic Forum. (via Wiki commons, swiss-image.ch/Photo Remy) SteineggerOutgoing ECB president (somewhat) optimistic on stablecoins
European Central Bank President Mario Draghi says crypto-assets are not yet ‘suitable substitutes for money’ but have potential
The biggest obstacle to a European Central Bank-issued digital currency is not the technology, according to departing European Central Bank President Mario Draghi. Rather, he said, the “key issue is … its utility in terms of costs and benefits to the public.”
Vive the digital euro?
French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire and ECB board member Benoît Coeure call for the EU to create its own digital currency
Shortly after calling for a ban on Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency, French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire suggested the European Union should create its own digital currency.
