If “we can address all the conspiracy theories that abound about this – as if Big Brother was going to suddenly determine what you buy, when you buy it and how restricted it should be – then I think it would be characterized as a success,” Lagarde said, adding that the digital euro will need to offer privacy without full anonymity, and be user-friendly, free and universal.
Source: https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2023/09/25/digital-euro-at-least-two-years-away-ecbs-lagarde-says/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines