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Banco de España published an article that explains what a digital euro would be and its advantages if eventually adopted. The bottom line is that digital euro would be an additional option, ensuring that citizens also have access to public money, with all its guarantees, in an increasingly digital environment.

Banco de España has launched a second wholesale central bank digital currency (CBDC) trial, this time to test the settlement of natively digital bond transactions, and make coupon and redemption payments. The first trial, announced in January, included developing a tokenized deposit solution for interbank payments, and settling tokenized securities (i.e., not natively digital) transactions. https://boe.gob.es/boe/dias/2024/05/06/pdfs/BOE-A-2024-9112.pdf