Trump’s Crypto Plans – A Boost for the Digital Euro?
Edoardo Beretta, Doris Neuberger · Intereconomics · 2025
This article provides a timely update on central bank digital currencies and the digital euro in the wake of the new executive orders, signed by US President Donald Trump, which establish a strategic Bitcoin reserve and a US Digital Asset Stockpile on the one hand, and ban central bank digital currencies on the other. How are the plans for a digital euro, in turn, proceeding? What are the opportunities and challenges of a digital euro for the monetary union in light of these radical changes in US policy?