
What happened?
The European Central Bank rolled out a system linking its payment system with blockchain-based financial markets, placing the development at the intersection of central-bank payments and blockchain-based market infrastructure.
The source describes infrastructure that links the ECB payment system with blockchain-based financial markets.

The European Central Bank rolled out a system linking its payment system with blockchain-based financial markets, placing the development at the intersection of central-bank payments and blockchain-based market infrastructure.
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The initiative is separate from the retail digital euro pilot planned for 2027.
Read the briefThe reported settlement comparison covers a $100 million foreign-currency issuance.
Read the briefKalshi attributed the discrepancy to how headline volume is calculated, rather than to actual cash spending.
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