European legislators have been silent about the United States Strategic Bitcoin Reserve, an important policy shift that benefits early adopters because of Bitcoin’s economics model.
The March 7 Executive Order of US President Donald Trump outlined a plan to create a Bitcoin reserve The use of cryptocurrency that has been seized by criminals rather than buying BitcoinBTC() is available on the market.
European policymakers, despite the importance of this decision, have not made any public statements on Bitcoin reserve, which raises doubts about their attitude towards integrating BTC to national reserves.
Anastasija Plotnikova is the co-founder and chief executive officer of Fideum. She believes this could be a sign of a lack effort in Europe to create monetary reserves for Bitcoin due to the long process involved with adding national assets. She stated:
“Usually there is a very clear legislative or executive process in adding different assets to the national treasuries, and in many cases, it is not an active voter or central bank support to push this through.”
“[The] ECB [European Central Bank] historically and currently is very critical of BTC as a reserve asset, so it effectively closes the doors to all EU member states,” Plotnikova added.
The digital euro (CBDC) is a currency digitalized by the European Central Bank.
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Digital euro push presents payment infrastructure concerns
James Wo, founder and CEO at venture capital company DFG, believes that the European legislators’ lack of response to Trump’s Bitcoin Reserve Order is due to their focus on the digital Euro.
“This stems from the ECB’s firm stance against holding Bitcoin in its reserves, as reiterated by ECB President Christine Lagarde,” Wo said Cointelegraph adding:
“This highlights the EU’s greater emphasis on the digital euro, though the recent outage in the ECB’s Target 2 (T2) payment system, which caused significant transaction delays, raised concerns about its ability to oversee a digital currency when it struggles with daily operations.”
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European lawmakers move ahead with launch of digital euro in October 2025
Despite skepticism from the public, ECB president Christine Lagarde continues to push forward with plans for a digital euro, which is expected to be implemented in October 2025. Lagarde has stressed that CBDC and cash will both coexist, as well as privacy protections in order to alleviate concerns over government overreach.
“The European Union is looking to launch the digital euro, our central bank digital currency, by October this year,” Lagarde added during a recent press conference:
“We are working to ensure that the digital euro coexists with cash, addressing privacy concerns by making it pseudonymous and cash-like in nature.”
Source: Cointelegraph
Both the United States and European Union have different approaches when it comes to digital assets. The EU has been working on integrating a centralized digital currency. Trump has taken a firm stance against CBDCs.
CBDCs are praised by some for the way they can increase financial inclusion. However, others have expressed concerns over their monitoring capabilities and potential government intrusion.
Brazil’s central Bank published its source code in July 2023 for the CBDC Pilot, which took only four days for people to notice The central bank can freeze or reduce funds in CBDC wallets using the control and surveillance mechanisms that are embedded into its code.
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Source: cointelegraph.com
