In a speech at a Reuters online event Wednesday, Lagarde said bitcoin was a "highly speculative" asset.
An executive member at the European Central Bank says a digital euro could protect the eurozone's monetary sovereignty from outside influence.
The European Commission has formally proposed legislation that will provide a comprehensive regulatory regime for cryptocurrencies.
Finance ministers from five European countries have called on the EU Commission to introduce tough regulation for stablecoins.
Participating member states can stage their testnet nodes on hardware with specs roughly equivalent to a PC gamer’s tower.
The planned regulatory regime could include stricter rules for projects deemed "global stablecoins," a subtle reference, possibly, to Libra.
The European Commission is calling for future-oriented defense solutions including innovative blockchain concepts.
The central bank of France wants the eurozone to build a DLT-based settlement system that moves euros faster and more cheaply than existing tech.
A new fund has been set up with the aim of preventing the EU falling behind nations like the U.S. and China on blockchain and AI innovation.
Contrary to earlier reports, a source tells CoinDesk the EU isn't looking to issue its own digital currency in response to Libra.
Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has been granted an Irish e-money license that will bring it greater access to EU and EEA markets.
EU's financial services commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis intends to create a new regulations for crypto, particularly Facebook’s Libra stablecoin.
The Libra Association is to be grilled by 26 central banks over the perceived risks to financial stability posed by the crypto project.
The U.K FCA has authorized CF Benchmarks as a Benchmark Administrator under EU regulation coming into effect in January.
The French finance minister has said the nation plans to block Facebook's Libra cryptocurrency in the EU over its threat to national currencies.