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The European Central Bank releases the Appia roadmap, outlining the long-term strategy for tokenization of European financial markets

The European Central Bank releases the Appia roadmap, outlining the long-term strategy for tokenization of European financial markets

2026-03-11 19:56

ChainThink report, March 11: The European Central Bank (ECB) has released the Appia roadmap, outlining a long-term strategy for building a tokenized financial market in Europe based on central bank money. Appia serves as a broad strategic framework for developing the future tokenized financial ecosystem, with Pontes being a key component of the Appia roadmap.


The ECB stated that the Pontes initiative is scheduled for launch in Q3 2026, introducing a distributed ledger technology (DLT) solution within the eurosystem to enable settlement of market transactions using central bank money through an interoperable network, seamlessly integrating with the eurosystem's TARGET payment settlement services. Meanwhile, the ECB has opened a public consultation, with feedback closing on April 22. Additionally, the digital euro pilot program is set to commence in the second half of 2027.

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