The European Union’s central bank is reportedly pushing for a digital euro to counter US President Donald Trump’s embrace of dollar-pegged private sector StableCoins.
European Central Bank (ECB) Council Member Piero Cipollone said at a conference on Friday that Trump’s new executive order on Crypto could drive people out of banks, Reuters reports.
“I think the key word here (in Trump’s executive order) is global. This solution, you all know, further disintermediates banks through the fees, they lose customers… that’s why we need a digital euro. “
Earlier this week, President Donald Trump signed an executive order to evaluate the creation of a strategic national Bitcoin (BTC) and Crypto Stockpile.
The order also calls for the government to “promote the development and growth of lawful and legitimate” dollar-pegged stableCoins created in the private sector.
It further directs federal agencies to halt all actions related to the development of a government-backed digital version of the dollar, known as a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC).
The administration’s new leadership at the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has also rescinded Staff Bulletin 121, a controversial rule that forced banks to identify crypto assets held on behalf of their customers as liabilities on their balance sheets.
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