The European Central Bank (ECB) has approved a plan to support settling distributed ledger technology (DLT) transactions using central bank money (CeBM). The initiative follows a two-track approach: the first track “Pontes” provides a short-term offering to the market and the second track “Appia” focuses on a long-term solution. We evaluate whether Pontes is viable and whether market participants will use it.
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