
European Central Bank
Germany’s DekaBank issues digital bond in ECB’s wholesale digital euro trial
DekaBank issued the ‘crypto’ security on its SWIAT blockchain infrastructure, with the buyer—Metzler Bank—making the payment in the wholesale digital...
Israel postpones CBDC launch
After successful pilots and collaboration with the Bank of International Settlements, BOI Deputy Governor Andrew Abir said it was waiting...
ECB tests blockchain, multiparty computation in enabling liquidity matching
The ECB experimentation was for the region's CBDC, the digital euro, and is an attempt to bring more use cases...
ECB issues first digital euro ‘preparation phase’ progress report
The European Union is a step closer to realizing its vision for an EU-wide CBDC with its first comprehensive update,...
Eurosystem announces 48 participants in DLT trials
For the upcoming trials in July, DLT operators, comprising 48 private firms, will pilot cross-border and PvP transactions in an...
DLT and CBDCs can save central banks’ business model: ECB
Members of the European Central Bank’s governing board called on central banks to increase the pace of tech exploration as...