NEW: 🇩🇪🇪🇺 Germany’s central bank chief signals support for euro-backed stablecoins and a retail CBDC to reduce Europe’s reliance on the U.S. dollar.
The push highlights growing momentum inside the EU to strengthen the euro’s role in digital payments and cross-border settlements — and to limit external currency dependence.
If implemented, euro-denominated stablecoins and a retail digital euro could reshape the region’s payments landscape and accelerate monetary digitization across Europe.
Strategic shift or long-term challenge to dollar dominance?