{"id":68094,"date":"2026-03-23T16:50:17","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T14:50:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lexia.it\/?p=68094"},"modified":"2026-03-23T17:41:23","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T15:41:23","slug":"ecb-appia-tokenisation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lexia.it\/en\/2026\/03\/23\/ecb-appia-tokenisation\/","title":{"rendered":"ECB launches Appia: the European path to tokenisation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The European Central Bank continues its path toward the digitalisation of financial markets with Appia, the European roadmap aimed at building an ecosystem based on distributed ledger technology (DLT).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The initiative seeks to make European markets more integrated, efficient and resilient, while keeping central bank money \u2014 and therefore the euro \u2014 at the core of the system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As highlighted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lexia.it\/en\/professionista\/angelo-messore\/\">Angelo Messore<\/a>, interviewed by <em>AziendaBanca<\/em>, \u201cthis is a strategic European initiative aimed at developing a blockchain-based financial ecosystem, in which central bank money remains the anchor of the settlement and exchange system among market participants.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Messore, the project will contribute to the creation of more integrated, competitive and resilient markets, reshaping the architecture of financial transaction settlement and fostering the adoption of DLT-based solutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aziendabanca.it\/notizie\/tecno\/bce-lancia-appia-tokenizzazione\">Full interview on AziendaBanca ><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The European Central Bank continues its path toward the digitalisation of financial markets with Appia, the European roadmap aimed at building an ecosystem based on distributed ledger technology (DLT). 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