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The ECB Just Launched Pontes: What It Is and What It Means for Crypto and the Rest of the World
The ECB launched Pontes on 21 September 2026 to let wholesale transactions in tokenised assets settle in central bank money. In plain English, Pontes connects blockchain-style market infrastructure to the Eurosystem’s existing payment systems. It is not a retail CBDC. It is not an ECB cryptocurrency. It is public settlement infrastructure for banks, market infrastructures and institutional tokenised markets. The strategic importance is larger than the launch itself. Europe is
Quantum Payments
Sep 239 min read
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