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    ECB Pushes For A Central Bank Digital Currency

    January 13, 2020
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    ECB Pushes For A Central Bank Digital Currency

    ECB headquarters, Frankfurt
    Image by DXR / Daniel Vorndran

    The president of the European Central Bank (ECB), Christine Lagarde, supports the bank’s active involvement in the development of a central bank digital currency (CBDC) to address the demand for faster and cheaper cross-border payments.

    In an interview with French business magazine Challenges published on Jan. 8, Lagarde discussed the most likely threats to the global economy in 2020, among which she named a downturn in trade and a range of uncertainties, geopolitical risks and climate change. Going further, Lagarde noted that “the EU is still the most powerful economic and trading area in the world, with enormous potential...”

    To read more visit Coin Telegraph.

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