European Central Bank Moves Up Investigation Phase Of Digital Euro, How This ...

European Central Bank Moves Up Investigation Phase Of Digital Euro, How This ...

President of the European Central Bank Christine Lagarde took to Twitter earlier to announce that the European Central Bank has decided to move up the investigation phase for the euro digital currency. The tweet comes in response to a tweet from the European Central Bank official Twitter handle, announcing that the institution would launch a […]


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