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ECB warns stablecoin spread could trigger bank runs, undermine monetary policy, urges faster digital euro

The European Central Bank warned that the spread of stablecoins could undermine financial stability and reinforce a U.S. dollar-centred international monetary order. It reiterated that central bank-issued or -backed digital currency infrastructure should take priority over private stablecoins. ECB board member Isabel Schnabel said stablecoins could weaken bank intermediation, trigger bank runs and impair monetary policy transmission, while raising concerns over monetary sovereignty. The ECB is pursuing a digital euro and a wholesale tokenised central bank currency.

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ECB president says central bank money infrastructure should come before euro stablecoins

European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde said Europe should build a tokenised payment infrastructure based on central bank money, rather than prioritising private stablecoins, to strengthen the euro’s international role. She said expanding euro-denominated stablecoins to counter dollar-pegged tokens was not Europe’s best option. Lagarde pointed to the Eurosystem’s Pontes project and Appia roadmap, while warning of potential financial stability risks from stablecoins.