February 8, 2025

The ECB is considering the possibility of creating a payment system for stablecoins from the Central Bank

The European Central Bank (ECB) announced the possibility of creating a simplified payment system forstate digital currencies (CBDC) with user privacy protection.

After the publication of the research report.anonymity of government stablecoins, the European System of Central Banks (ESCB) presented a proof of concept (PoC), which was developed jointly with the R3 consortium and the consulting company Accenture.

The solution meets anti-corruption requirementsmoney laundering and terrorist financing (AML / CFT), while maintaining user anonymity and transaction history. The Central Bank and third parties will not be able to see transaction data without the consent of the user.

The report also identified a number of issues thatmust be decided before starting the system. We are talking about reducing the amount of information available to parties not involved in transactions, as well as the ability of users to have access to CBDC and spend digital currency without the participation of an intermediary.

ECB says confidentiality is possibleenhance by changing public keys and evidence with zero disclosure. Since PoC did not consider the possibility of scaling digital currencies, it is necessary to study their interaction with the real-time gross settlement system.

The ECB study examines the main issuesregulatory concerns regarding digital currencies. Previously, the European Union identified numerous risks associated with the adoption of stablecoins and said they could “undermine” the monetary sovereignty of European countries.

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