Pontes: The ECB’s New Bridge Between Tokenised Finance and Central Bank Money
Pontes and Tokenised Finance in Europe: ECB Central Bank Money, DLT and Crypto Regulation On 21 September 2026, the Eurosystem launched Pontes, a new distributed-ledger technology (DLT) solution designed to settle wholesale tokenised transactions in central bank money. For banks, fintech companies, digital-asset businesses and institutions working in cryptocurrency regulation and tokenised finance, the launch…