ECB warns legislative delays could postpone digital euro launch

ECB Executive Board member Piero Cipollone told EU lawmakers that slow progress on digital euro legislation could delay the project's potential 2029 rollout. The warning concerns a central bank digital currency, not a crypto asset, and no specific timeline slip or legislative deadline was given. Traders would care mainly as a signal on European CBDC timing and any knock-on regulatory attention for private stablecoins.