German bank introduces unprecedented euro-backed stablecoin

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Bankhaus von der Heydt (BVDH), which happens to be one of the oldest banks in Europe, is issuing out its own stablecoin, embracing cryptos. Said coin is called EURB and it will be backed by the EUR. EURB was developed by the bank in collaboration with blockchain developer Bitbond.

The bank stated that EURB will be using the Stellar Network , because they and their partner Bitbond liked the ease with which currency could be managed there. Apparently the EURB is already circulating on the service of SatoshiPay, which is a payment provider and one of the early providers of the Stellar Network.

I suppose it was a matter of time before banks started doing that, but I am still fascinated that it happened.
 
Caveat emptor - Buyer Beware! A great old german bank, even one of the oldest in Europe. Wow! Sounds good. Just check that looong working history.
 
The bank is real, they're really one of the oldest in Europe.
German private banks are pretty far ahead when it comes to crypto adaption.

On the flipside, I would not want to invest into anything stable coin related right now before MICA comes out...competing against central banks?? Not very smart
 
MrMuppet said:
On the flipside, I would not want to invest into anything stable coin related right now before MICA comes out...competing against central banks??
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More like expecting USD stable coin legislature to make EUR-backed stable coins more interesting

Hittfeld said:
Caveat emptor - Buyer Beware! A great old german bank, even one of the oldest in Europe. Wow! Sounds good. Just check that looong working history.
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Founded in 1754, as legit as it gets. And yes, they are real - I have seen them hit US banks for structured note hedges.
 
Same Lazy Element said:
More like expecting USD stable coin legislature to make EUR-backed stable coins more interesting
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I'm not 100% sure about this to be honest. Scholz already said (amongst others) that they won't ever hand over the power over monetary policy to private companies.

In Germany regulation is strong for crypto. So until MICA defines the do's and don'ts of stablecoins which are more or less mini - bonds or bearer assets, I would not want to deal with them as a citizen of the EU
 
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