ECB: Central bank digital currency outperforms banks, bitcoin and stablecoins

The main European financial regulator compared the digital currencies of the Central Bank with bitcoin, saying that the calculations in the latter are too complicated and costly. The European Central Bank (ECB) has published the results of its latest study, according to which a central bank digital currency (CBDC) should be much more efficient in cross-border payments than banking service providers, bitcoin and any digital stablecoins. The study is titled Towards the Holy Grail of…