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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...

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...