CBDC

The phrase "central bank digital currency" (CBDC) has been used to refer to various proposals involving digital currency issued by a central bank. The present concept of CBDCs was directly inspired by Bitcoin, but a CBDC is different from virtual currency and cryptocurrency, which are not issued by a state and lack the legal tender status declared by the government.

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ECB Brings the Digital Euro to Checkout While the US Sits It Out

ECB Brings the Digital Euro to Checkout While the US Sits It Out
ECB Brings the Digital Euro to Checkout While the US Sits It Out
September 22, 2026  |  CBDC

The digital euro is moving out of central bank planning and into checkout, with implications for merchants in the United States and payments providers. The...

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ECB Invites Merchants to Help Shape Digital Euro
ECB Invites Merchants to Help Shape Digital Euro
September 15, 2026  |  Cryptocurrency

The European Central Bank (ECB) has called for online and mobile merchants to participate in a digital euro pilot, it said in a Tuesday (Sept....

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Global Payments May Feel US CBDC Ban First
Global Payments May Feel US CBDC Ban First
July 13, 2026  |  Cryptocurrency

Nothing visibly changed in American payments when the clock struck midnight on Saturday (July 11). Consumers still used cards, bank accounts and cash, and businesses...

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ECB Board Member Says Stablecoins Threaten Financial Stability
ECB Board Member Says Stablecoins Threaten Financial Stability
June 01, 2026  |  Cryptocurrency

Another European Central Bank official issued a stablecoin-related warning, Bloomberg News reported Sunday (May 31). Isabel Schnabel, who sits on the bank’s executive board, said...

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Big Banks Challenge ECB’s Digital Euro Over Cash Flight Fears
Big Banks Challenge ECB’s Digital Euro Over Cash Flight Fears
May 22, 2026  |  CBDC

The European Central Bank’s effort to build a homegrown payments system using a digital euro is being slowed by European banks’ concerns that the solution...

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Former CFTC Chief Says Digital Dollar Is Inevitable in US
Former CFTC Chief Says Digital Dollar Is Inevitable in US
May 20, 2026  |  CBDC

Before returning to office, President Donald Trump promised to outlaw central bank digital currencies (CBDCs). But Timothy Massad, former chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), told CoinDesk...

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ECB President Lagarde Says Stablecoins Fail to Support Euro Ambitions
ECB President Lagarde Says Stablecoins Fail to Support Euro Ambitions
May 08, 2026  |  Blockchain

Europe must build its own modernized settlement solutions anchored by central bank money, because stablecoins alone have structural weaknesses, European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde said Friday (May 8)....

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ECB Adopts Payments Standards to Clear Path for Digital Euro Launch
ECB Adopts Payments Standards to Clear Path for Digital Euro Launch
April 24, 2026  |  Digital Payments

The European Central Bank (ECB) has signed agreements with three European standard setters to facilitate digital euro payments, if the digital euro regulation gets adopted by...

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