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ECB Outlines Three Models for Putting Central Bank Money Onchain

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The European Central Bank (ECB) has outlined three models for putting central bank money onchain as tokenization changes the infrastructure used to settle financial transactions. ECB Executive Board member Isabel Schnabel presented the models at the Bank of England’s Future of Money conference in London on October 1, 2026. The approaches would either tokenize central bank reserves directly, connect existing real-time gross settlement infrastruct…
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Key points of the news: Isabel Schnabel presented three models to bring money from central bank to programmable infrastructure: Tokenized reserves, synchronized settlement between RTGS and DLT, and private tokens backed by reserves. Direct issuance places onchain reserves, while bridging keeps them offchain and private intermediation creates claims backed by reserves. Pontes already combines TARGET2 and DLT, while Appia explores future architect…

The ECB is examining how central bank money can be used on blockchain infrastructure. Three models are currently under discussion. Source: BTC-ECHO BTC-ECHO

The ECB is examining how central bank money can be used on blockchain infrastructure. Three models are currently under discussion. Source: BTC-ECHO BTC-ECHO

The European Central Bank is studying three models of tokenised settlement to bring central bank money to programmable blockchain networks. To outline them was Isabel Schnabel, member of the ECB Executive Committee, during a speech on Thursday at the Future of Money conference of the Bank of England, London. It is the clearest public overview [...]

The European Central Bank is studying three ways to incorporate central bank money into blockchain networks, as it advances with Pontes and Appia and seeks to preserve the two-tiered monetary system.

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BizToc broke the news on Friday, October 2, 2026.
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