Quantoz Payments, a pioneer in the field of digital currency and financial technology, announced that it has been licensed as an Electronic Money Institution (EMI) under the supervision of the Dutch Central Bank and approved to issue the first regulated and programmable euro fiat currency on the Algorand network, EURD, according to Golden Finance. EURD and e-money services are expected to be available to all businesses and consumers within the EEA by the end of the year, regardless of whether they have a traditional bank account or not.
It is important to note that EURD is not a cryptocurrency or stablecoin, but an electronic currency token (EMT), and unlike a central bank digital currency (CBDC), EURD is designed to be fully compliant with the Regulation of the Crypto Asset Market (MiCAR), which comprehensively regulates the issuance of electronic currency tokens on a distributed ledger.