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ECB President Christine Lagarde intervened to block Binance’s EU MiCA license: W...

Although the ECB holds no formal licensing authority under MiCA, high-level intervention led Greece to stall an application that r...

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European Central Bank calls for merchants to participate in digital euro pilot

The 12-month test will put a beta version of the central bank currency through online, mobile, in-store and peer-to-peer payments.

coindesk Aug 26, 2026

ECB claims digital euro will offer 'maximum level of privacy' amid surveillance...

Central bank officials say the Eurosystem will be structurally unable to link users to purchases, but civil society groups remain...