The European Central Bank is between a rock and a hard place. Keeping up with the current rate of innovation has been a struggle. Sources close to the matter claim the ECB will accelerate its plans to issue a digital currency. Anyone in the world can create a digital currency. Central banks all over the world are mulling the idea of doing so. A Tough Call for the European Central Bank Which of them will go to market first, is difficult to predict. A new draft document indicates the European Central bank may throw its name into the hat. In the
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