Italian Banking Association Wants to Join in on the ECB Digital Euro Central Bank Digital Currency Project

The Italian Banking Association, Associazione Bancaria Italiana (ABI), has announced that they want to participate in projects and experimentations of a European central bank digital currency (CBDC), recently known as the digital euro. The ABI has set up an expert group last year to explore cryptocurrencies and digital assets and derived specific considerations by the … Continue reading Italian Banking Association Wants to Join in on the ECB Digital Euro Central Bank Digital Currency Project

Italian Banking Association Chose Decentralized Blockchain Route

The Italian Banking Association, Associazione Bancaria Italiana (ABI), chose to leverage the blockchain-based system Spunta, as they could not identify an appropriate single actor to run a centralized system. The Italian Banking Association’s Chief Innovation Officer Silvia Attanasio revealed why the ABI has chosen to use a decentralized blockchain system, Spunta DLT, as opposed to … Continue reading Italian Banking Association Chose Decentralized Blockchain Route

Deutsche Bank Executive Says CBDC is More of a Political Decision

Deutsche Bundesbank Executive in charge of payments, Burkhard Balz has weighed in on the surging strides of the European Central Bank to debut a Central Bank Digital Currency and reasoned that such decisions as it relates to individual countries around the world may be more of a political one than a technical one. Speaking at … Continue reading Deutsche Bank Executive Says CBDC is More of a Political Decision

Grayscale Debuts First European ETF

Grayscale Investments has announced the launch of its first exchange-traded fund (ETF) product in the European Economic Area. According to a press release published by the firm, the new ETF product is dubbed the Grayscale Future of Finance UCITS ETF. This product will trade under the GFOF ticker symbol and will be featured on three … Continue reading Grayscale Debuts First European ETF

Franklin Templeton Floats Metaverse ETF for EU Investors

American multinational holding company and global investment firm Franklin Templeton has launched a metaverse-focused Exchange-Traded Product (ETP). The ETP dubbed the Franklin Metaverse UCITS ETF will track the Solactive Global Metaverse Innovation Index GTR as it will seek to offer investors exposure to the burgeoning metaverse world. Through the UCITS ETF, European investors will be … Continue reading Franklin Templeton Floats Metaverse ETF for EU Investors

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