Digital Euro Coming? 13 Things We Know About the ECB’s Potential Plans

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The European Central Bank (ECB) is working on a digital euro but it will still be some time before the virtual currency will see use.

A render of a digital euro.

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Let’s take a look at everything investors need to know about the digital euro and ECB’s possible plans.

  • The ECB will likely be setting up a wallet to hold the digital euro for citizens.
  • That could include holding limits to keep people from abandoning commercial banks.
  • This would likely be similar to how a digital bank account works.
  • However, a major difference is that the ECB has no worries about running out of funds.
  • One thing to note is that there’s no guarantee that the ECB will use blockchain for the digital currency.
  • That seems like a strange choice considering the massive adoption of the technology by cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin (CCC:BTC-USD) and Ethereum (CCC:ETH-USD).
  • It’s also unlikely that users will be able to remain anonymous when making purchases with the currency.
  • While the switch is likely happening, it won’t be for some years.
  • The ECB has entered an investigational phase concerning the currency.
  • This will last for 24 months.
  • The ECB also still needs to design the digital euro and have it approved by regulators.
  • That means people won’t likely be using the digital currency for at least five years.
  • When they do, the ECB claims that the digital euro will be environmentally friendly with energy use for it being negligible.

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