"The Eurosystem is building the necessary rails to overcome platform fragmentation and provide a secure public settlement anchor. The initiative introduces Pontes, a bridging solution scheduled for launch in the third quarter of 2026 to enable central bank money settlement on DLT platforms."
"Cipollone called for a genuine public-private partnership and a legal framework that matches the continent's technological ambition to prevent regulatory patchwork. Europe succeeded in building a single currency; it can also build a single digital financial market to stand alongside it."
"Recent trials involving 64 participants across nine jurisdictions successfully processed approximately 1.6 billion in transactions to test these interoperability solutions. The ECB will begin accepting DLT-based assets as eligible collateral for credit operations starting in March 2026."
The Eurosystem is introducing the Pontes settlement anchor and the Appia roadmap to unify fragmented tokenized capital markets in Europe. Piero Cipollone of the ECB highlighted the transition of digital markets, noting nearly 4 billion in DLT instruments issued since 2021. The Pontes solution will enable central bank money settlement on DLT platforms, with a launch planned for Q3 2026. The Appia roadmap aims for a comprehensive European tokenized financial ecosystem by 2028. The ECB will accept DLT-based assets as collateral starting March 2026 to ensure market stability.
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