The European Union is speeding up its digital euro project and, in a notable shift, officials are weighing whether to issue the token on a public blockchain—specifically Ethereum or Solana—instead of a closed, private system. The reassessment follows the recent passage of the US stablecoin law (GENIUS Act) and a surge in dollar-denominated tokens, developments that have sharpened Brussels’ concerns about the euro’s role in an increasingly tokenized payments landscape.

According to the Financial Times, “people familiar with the matter added that officials were now considering running a digital euro on a public blockchain such as Ethereum or Solana rather than a private one.”

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