In a joint statement sent to the European Commission on Friday 11 September, the Finance Ministers of Germany, France, Italy, Spain and the Netherlands, meeting in Berlin for the informal ECOFIN Council meeting, called for strict regulation of asset-backed crypto-assets, such as “stablecoins”, in order to safeguard the monetary sovereignty of the EU.
The five countries thus support the European Commission’s intention to present a legislative proposal in the third quarter of 2020...