web analytics

BTC/USD Price Analysis: ECB Official Says Bitcoin a Clever Idea as Prices Steady

Latest Bitcoin News While speaking at the Economics of Payments IX to mark a decade after the fall of the Lehman Brothers—an investment bank and a casualty of the Great Financial Crisis, Benoît Cœuré, the European Central Bank executive board member and the chair of the Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructures at the Bank… Continue reading BTC/USD Price Analysis: ECB Official Says Bitcoin a Clever Idea as Prices Steady

ECB Has No Plans to Launch Digital Currency Due to Blockchain Immaturity

The European Central Bank (ECB) is not issuing a digital currency any time soon, according to President Mario Draghi. He’s argued that the blockchain technology is not mature enough for such a level of responsibility and physical cash remains widely used within the monetary union. ECB Studies Potential Issuance of Central Bank Digital Currency In… Continue reading ECB Has No Plans to Launch Digital Currency Due to Blockchain Immaturity