Eurosystem launches digital euro project
14 July 2021
- 14 July 2021
The Governing Council of the European Central Bank (ECB) has decided today to launch the investigation phase of a digital euro project.
- All of this has led us to decide to move up a gear and start the digital euro project, says ECB President Christine Lagarde.
- This will not prejudge any future decision on the possible issuance of a digital euro, which will come only later.
- Experiments were conducted in the four following areas: the digital euro ledger; privacy and anti-money laundering; limits on digital euro in circulation; end-user access while not connected to the internet and facilitating inclusiveness with appropriate devices.