The European Central Bank releases the Appia roadmap to promote a central bank currency-based tokenized financial market
According to Cointelegraph, the European Central Bank released the Appia roadmap on Wednesday, outlining a long-term development plan for a tokenized wholesale financial market based on central bank money. The roadmap revolves around two related initiatives: Pontes, a distributed ledger technology settlement solution for the euro system, and Appia, which serves as the overall strategic framework for building the future tokenized financial ecosystem. The Pontes initiative is set to launch in the third quarter of 2026.
Piero Cipollone, a member of the European Central Bank's Executive Board, stated that Appia aims to build a bridge from the current financial system to the future tokenized market, grounded in central bank money. The Pontes initiative aims to achieve the integration of market distributed ledger infrastructure with the TARGET services of the euro system by the end of the third quarter of 2026.
TARGET services are the payment and settlement systems operating in the euro system, covering the large-value payment system TARGET2, the securities settlement system T2S, and the instant payment system TIPS. The European Central Bank is simultaneously opening a public consultation, inviting feedback from public and private sector participants on the roadmap or proposals for participation in its implementation, with the feedback deadline set for April 22.
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