{"id":132637,"date":"2020-12-23T02:00:12","date_gmt":"2020-12-22T20:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/?p=132637"},"modified":"2020-12-22T23:37:23","modified_gmt":"2020-12-22T18:07:23","slug":"italian-banking-association-initiates-experiments-on-digital-euro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/italian-banking-association-initiates-experiments-on-digital-euro\/","title":{"rendered":"Italian Banking Association initiates experiments on digital euro"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Italian Banking Association or <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.abi.it\/Pagine\/default.aspx\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ABI<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> said that it was collaborating with its ABI Lab to<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.coindesk.com\/bitfarms-3000-asics-bitcoin-mining-december\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> initiate<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> experiments with regard to a digital euro project. The initiative will aim to actively support banks operating in Italy in the process of preparing for the future scenario. ABI said in a statement:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The aim of the initiative is to proactively contribute to public debate and support banks operating in Italy as they prepare for the future.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Further, the project could demonstrate technical feasibility of a digital euro based on a distributed blockchain ledger technology (DLT). It also aimed to enhance the role of banks under European Central Bank. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CBDC research will consist of two parts, which would assess infrastructure and distribution models. This would allow the team to gauge technical feasibility. Another part of the experiments would focus on how programmability could give rise to new use cases. Some of which would show the difference between the European central bank digital currency and electronic payments systems that are available now.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Earlier, Christine Lagarde, President of European Central Bank had <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/eng.ambcrypto.com\/digital-euro-will-strengthen-payment-systems-christine-lagarde\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">said<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that Europe\u2019s economic recovery was uncertain and that introducing a digital Euro would strengthen the European payment system. Lagarde even announced that the \u201cEurosystem\u201d was \u201cactively pursuing\u201d to establish the digital Euro. She <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=J49IMYHv9rQ\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">believed<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that ECB could launch the digital currency in the next two to four years.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Italian Banking Association or ABI said that it was collaborating with its ABI Lab to initiate experiments with regard to a digital euro project. The initiative will aim to actively support banks operating in Italy in the process of preparing for the future scenario. 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