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Christine Lagarde: we are waiting for public opinion on the issue of the digital euro

EU financial authorities are awaiting public feedback on the initiative to create a digital version of the national currency, wrote the head of the European Central Bank (ECB) Christine Lagarde on her social network. In particular, the Europeans are invited to go through to answer a few questions on the department’s website.

“As Europeans are increasingly turning to digital technology, we must be ready to launch the digital version of the euro, if necessary. I also really want to hear your opinion on this matter, “- wrote Christine Lagarde, addressing the subscribers.

We add, according to the statistics of the Bank for International Settlements, at the moment 36 countries are ready to launch a national cryptocurrency (in 2019 this figure was 18).

Рустам Алиев

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