Spain’s Sabadell To Join Qivalis Consortium For Major Euro Stablecoin Push
Spanish bank Sabadell is the latest to join a consortium of European banks seeking to launch a euro-pegged stablecoin to make transactions more efficient and increase the dominance of Europe’s digital assets market. Related Reading: WLFI Drama Escalates: World Liberty Sues Justin Sun Over ‘Reckless’ Smear Campaign Sabadell Joins European Banking Consortium On Tuesday, Spain’s […]
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A consortium of major European banks has formed Qivalis, a new entity in Amsterdam to launch a euro-pegged stablecoin in 2026. A Tenth Bank Has Now Joined The Euro Stablecoin Consortium Back in September, nine big European banks announced a consortium aimed at developing and launching a euro-based stablecoin, a digital asset that will have […]
Nine major European banks have formed a consortium to launch a MiCAR-compliant euro-based stablecoin in the second half of next year. ING, UniCredit, & Other European Banks Are Coming Together For Stablecoin As announced in a press release by Italian banking giant UniCredit, the bank is joining forces with eight other major European institutions to launch […]
BTCPoint has enabled over 10,000 ATMs to sell bitcoins in Spain. The new service was done through a partnership with Hal-Cash, which allows operators to enable money transfers to any phone and have them cash out at ATMs. Banco Sabadell, Spain’s fourth largest bank, partnered with the 4 man company and gave them access to their ATMs. In addition to Banco Sabadell, the service will also be available on ATM units owned by Abanca, Banco Popular ING, Baninter, EVO, Cajamar, TargoBank and Caja Laboral. The service is a major pivot for BTCPoint, which previously manufactured two-way bitcoin ATMs.....
On September 25, 2025, nine European banks formed a consortium to develop a euro-backed stablecoin, set to launch in the second half of 2026. The consortium has created a new Netherlands-based company to issue the token. The central European banks forming the consortium include UniCredit (Italy), ING (Netherlands), DekaBank (Germany), Banca Sella (Italy), KBC Group (Belgium), Danske Bank (Denmark), SEB (Sweden), CaixaBank (Spain), and Raiffeisen Bank International (Austria). The goal is to challenge dollar dominance in stablecoins. The current stablecoin market is almost entirely dominated....
The U.S. company Circle is launching a regulated stablecoin that is pegged to the euro, but what does this mean for the eurozone? The market capitalization of Tether (USDT), a United States dollar-pegged stablecoin, is currently over $65 billion. USD Coin (USDC), another stablecoin backed by the U.S. dollar, clocks in near $55 billion. Some reports estimate that the total market cap of dollar-backed stablecoins is over $160 billion.Despite this success of dollar-based stablecoins, there has not been a euro stablecoin that is even remotely comparable in size. By the end of June, the....