Christine Lagarde Sets February 2027 Exit From ECB Presidency

TLDR European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde will leave her post on February 7, 2027. She will have served about seven years and three months, short of her full eight-year term. The European Council will appoint her successor under an EU treaty process. Her tenure saw progress on the digital euro, the launch of Pontes, […]

Lagarde Says ECB Needs Tokenised Money, Not Crypto Stablecoins

ECB President Christine Lagarde has pushed back against the idea that Europe should answer dollar crypto stablecoin dominance by promoting euro-denominated stablecoins of its own, arguing instead that the region should build tokenised financial infrastructure anchored in central bank money. In a speech at the Banco de España LatAm Economic Forum in Roda de Bará, […]