{"id":"tp-4584","type":"article-newspaper","title":"Task force overseeing digital currency research will be accelerated in mid-2020, ECB president said","author":"J Russ Isberto","publisher":"TOKENPOST Inc.","url":"https://www.tokenpost.com/news/regulation/4584","datePublished":"2019-12-20T10:40:16.000Z","dateModified":"2019-12-20T10:40:16.000Z","language":"en","abstract":"ECB President Christine Lagarde said that the task force that is overseeing the research on the digital currency will be accelerated next year, while the current system will be maintained and upgraded.","section":"People","references":[{"title":"rise of stablecoins","url":"https://tokenpost.com/European-Union-to-create-encompassing-law-for-Libra-other-stablecoins-4062"},{"title":"In her first conference as head of the ECB","url":"https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/pressconf/2019/html/ecb.is191212~c9e1a6ab3e.en.html"},{"title":"develop a payment system","url":"https://www.tokenpost.com/EU-should-create-its-own-digital-currency-amidst-the-rise-of-stablecoins-ECB-official-said-4341"},{"title":"“Towards the retail payments of tomorrow: a European strategy.”","url":"https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/key/date/2019/html/ecb.sp191126~5230672c11.en.html"},{"title":"TokenPost","url":"https://www.tokenpost.com"}]}