{"id":"tp-1908","type":"article-newspaper","title":"Digital Currency and Blockchain Weekly Round-Up – May 17th, 2019","author":"Shampa Mani","publisher":"TOKENPOST Inc.","url":"https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/1908","datePublished":"2019-05-17T11:33:41.000Z","dateModified":"2019-05-17T11:33:41.000Z","language":"en","abstract":"ECB official sees more potential in stablecoins than bitcoin An official of the European Central Bank (ECB) recently said that all cryptocurrencies are not created equally, Bloomberg reported. 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