Recap: DEA Summer Forum 2026 – Bringing Europe’s Digital Finance Ecosystem Around the Table
by Digital Euro Association on Sep 29, 2026, 10:58:12 AM
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On 22 September 2026, the Digital Euro Association (DEA) hosted the DEA Summer Forum 2026 in Frankfurt, in collaboration with Mayer Brown LLP.
DEA Summer Forum 2026
by Digital Euro Association on Aug 3, 2026, 7:45:00 AM
The Digital Euro Association is pleased to announce the DEA Summer Forum 2026, taking place in Frankfurt on 22nd September 2026.
Digital Euro Dialogue in Brussels: what’s starting to crystallise
by Digital Euro Association on Dec 15, 2025, 3:48:13 PM
On 2 December 2025, we convened our Digital Euro Dialogue at the European Parliament in Brussels, bringing together policymakers, supervisors, banks, payments players, merchants, and academics for a practical conversation on where Europe’s digital money agenda is actually heading.
When Speed Approaches Infinity: Why Stablecoins Aren't Just "Faster Payments"
by Conrad Kraft on Nov 12, 2025, 7:40:04 AM
I keep getting asked the same question at conferences, on panels, and podcasts: "What are the use cases of stablecoins?" And inevitably, someone in the audience will answer their own question before I can: "Oh, it's just faster and cheaper payments. But we already have Paypal, instant …
Passports and Payment Rails: How Platforms and Protocols Outrun State Control
by Conrad Kraft on Aug 27, 2025, 11:52:28 AM
In the corridors of power across the globe, an uncomfortable reality is settling in: the traditional levers of state control are increasingly disconnected from the digital flows that shape our world. When YouTube's content moderation policies effectively determine what billions of peo …
ECB launches two-track road to DLT settlement in central-bank money
by Digital Euro Association on Jul 2, 2025, 8:00:00 AM
The European Central Bank’s Governing Council has announced a dual-track strategy that will allow wholesale transactions on distributed-ledger platforms to settle in euros held at the central bank. The decision comes after a year-long exploratory programme involving 64 market particip …