Central Bank Digital Currency

The European Central Bank reaches out to merchants. Since September 15, it has been accepting applications from e-commerce and mobile commerce companies to test the digital euro. The pilot will start in the second half of 2027 and last 12 months. It will bring together merchants, banks, payment service providers, and members of the Eurosystem. A potential issuance is still targeted for 2029, provided the European legislative framework is adopted.

The digital ruble recorded 87,000 account openings in ten days after its nationwide rollout on September 1. Over 50,000 transactions have also been made, according to Elvira Nabiullina, governor of the Bank of Russia. This represents about 8,700 new accounts per day. The project now coexists with the Russian crypto market, even though it is not a cryptocurrency: the digital ruble is issued directly by the central bank.

Trump refuses to sign the housing bill, but the CBDC ban forces its way through anyway. Meanwhile, the CLARITY Act waits nervously in the wings.

On September 1, 2026, Russia will officially launch the digital rouble. Discover behind the scenes of a forced deployment.

Stablecoins have become a real payment circuit in Nigeria. For the IMF, their growth provides a concrete solution to costly transfers, but now tests the monetary and regulatory limits of the country.

The ECB accelerates the development of the digital euro by launching calls for applications to structure its integration into payments, ATMs, and infrastructures in Europe.

American senators are afraid of the digital dollar. Too much control, not enough privacy. So they killed it in the egg. Stablecoins, on the other hand, are invited to the party. Clever.

Senators wanted housing. The anti-CBDC crowd shoved their crusade in. The Fed is muzzled. China is rejoicing. Crypto enthusiasts applaud. Nobody saw it coming.

The European Parliament has taken a decisive step in the development of the digital euro, endorsing a resolution that confirms its strategic importance for monetary sovereignty and the future of payments in Europe.

While Beijing is making its e-yuan grow, Washington debates whether cryptos can offer rewards. What if the real danger is not what we think?

"He who does not move does not feel his chains." Rosa Luxembourg’s phrase resonates strangely in the digital age. Digital currency today reveals invisible chains that many still do not perceive. Cash quietly disappears, replaced by a recorded, analyzed, and continuously interpreted world. Every transaction becomes data, and every data a lever of control. Privacy is no longer a moral luxury, but a political fault line. Institutions defend transparency as a condition of stability. Freedom advocates see privacy as a fundamental guarantee. This tension reshapes our relationship to power, trust, and individual autonomy. The central question is no longer just about technology, but about what we accept to reveal in order to exist. This text explores the existential battle of monetary privacy: protecting human dignity when everything becomes traceable.

Promised for 2026, the digital euro is already causing waves: Lagarde sees sovereignty, Navarrete calls it a useless gadget, and banks fear a digital bank run.

The debate on leaving the euro is resurfacing regularly in France. With new presidential elections set for 2027, a victory for the National Rally could lead to an exit from the euro. The French could very well come out of it ruined!

Under the pretext of stablecoins in Hong Kong, Beijing is moving its pieces. Crypto on the menu, control for dessert? JD and Ant are rolling out the digital carpet, but beware of the invisible strings.

The ECB bites into Bitcoin: a scathing report, sharp criticisms, and a well-felt war of interests behind the scenes.

When 134 countries play sorcerer's apprentices with CBDCs, it is 98% of the global economy that enters a zone of digital turbulence.

The decline of cash and ATMs in France paves the way for cryptocurrencies, despite the ECB's ambitions with the digital euro.

In a rapidly changing financial environment where crypto is gaining importance, the European Central Bank (ECB) is at the forefront of innovation. The key institution of the eurozone is stepping up its research on blockchain technology for the development of its central bank digital currency (CBDC).

The new European Parliament rolls out the red carpet for cryptocurrencies.

The transition to the ECB digital euro aims to curb the crypto phenomenon and the decrease in cash usage.

Among cryptocurrencies, stablecoins and CBDC, KPMG paints a picture of the new sheriffs of the digital economy and their future impacts.

The departure of Binance is boosting the Russian crypto market: +16.4% increase in web traffic and local platforms filling the void left by the giant.

Bitcoin promised a bright future, but facing fierce competition from CBDCs

The 3rd largest economy in terms of GDP is on the brink of collapse with a colossal debt and a free-falling currency. If the trend continues, the problems will be terrible for the entire world...

The legislation was motivated by tensions with Russia, in response to the invasion of Ukraine.

The World Economic Forum discusses CBDCs, raising concerns about state control and triggering various reactions.

During his campaign, Trump opposes the CBDC, claiming that it would give "absolute control over your money" to the federal government.

Kristalina Georgieva actively supports CBDC. She sees these digital currencies as a promising alternative to physical cash.