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ECB Launches Pontes and Digital Euro for Banks

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European Central Bank Activates Pontes: Digital Euro Arrives in Banking Sector to Settle Tokenized Assets

In a historic move for the Old Continent’s financial infrastructure, the European Central Bank (ECB) has officially announced the launch of Pontes, a pioneering platform designed to interconnect private blockchain networks of financial institutions with the wholesale TARGET system. This initiative marks the effective arrival of the digital euro to the banking sector, enabling financial […]

the ECB defines the future of the digital euro

BTC · 5/9/2026 · 4 min read · Updated 5/9/2026

Europe wants to regain control of digital payments

One of the most important topics speech of Piero Cipollone, member of the Executive Committee of the European Central Bank (ECB), was Europe’s dependency on foreign payment systems. Today, most of the digital payments in the eurozone go through companies like Visa, Mastercard or big technology companies in the United States and Asia. According to […]