The European Central Bank (ECB) has said it will postpone the launch of its own Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) settlement solution. The date of the new rollout has already been pushed back to February 2025. This places the ECB’s Governing Council in uncharted waters and produces several hard-hitting questions regarding...
The ECB is famous for its prudence, a classical virtue much praised but at times… maddeningly so. Their measured approach to wholesale Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs), while understandable, begs the question: is the ECB's risk aversion inadvertently creating a bigger risk down the line? Are we being too risk...
The European Central Bank's (ECB) delay in launching its wholesale Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) settlement solution isn't just a bureaucratic hiccup. It's a massive missed opportunity, a potential self-inflicted wound to Europe's economic future. We're handing the tokenization race to the US on a silver platter, and frankly, it's infuriating.Europe...
Moreover, the European Central Bank (ECB) is currently testing out temporary solutions to wholesale distributed ledger technology (DLT) settlement. They hope to have a final decision in the coming year. This latest exploration follows on a successful series of wholesale DLT settlement trials conducted last year. Those proceeding engaged 64...
