Under Christine Lagarde, the European Central Bank initiated work on a digital euro and launched the Pontes settlement system for wholesale tokenized asset transactions in September 2026

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The European Council appoints the European Central Bank president following a Eurogroup agreement and consultations with the European Parliament and the ECB Governing Council

Christine Lagarde publicly opposed including Bitcoin in central bank reserves during a January 2025 press conference, citing the need for reserve assets to be liquid and secure

Christine Lagarde assumed the European Central Bank presidency in late 2019 after previously serving as Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund and French Minister of the Economy

Christine Lagarde's departure on February 7, 2027, occurs approximately nine months before her eight-year term as European Central Bank president was scheduled to end in October 2027

Christine Lagarde's early departure allows current European Council leaders to participate in appointing her successor as European Central Bank president prior to France's April 2027 presidential election

European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde notified the ECB Governing Council and European Council President António Costa on October 29, 2026, that she will step down on February 7, 2027

During her tenure as European Central Bank president, Christine Lagarde managed monetary policy through the COVID-19 pandemic, Russia's invasion of Ukraine, and subsequent energy price shocks

The Financial Times reported that Christine Lagarde is a leading candidate to become chair of the World Economic Forum following her departure from the European Central Bank

European Council President António Costa stated on October 29, 2026, that the appointment process for Christine Lagarde's successor at the European Central Bank will begin immediately

Anonymous sources told the Financial Times in February 2026 that European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde was considering leaving before her term ends in October 2027

Former Dutch central bank head Klaas Knot and Spain's Pablo Hernández de Cos are considered front-runners to replace Christine Lagarde as European Central Bank president

Christine Lagarde ruled out running for the French presidency in a statement to French newspaper La Croix

Intercontinental Exchange and OKX formed an equal 50-50 joint venture to list tokenized stocks on X Layer

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The DTCC launched its DTCC Tokenization Service, allowing clients to convert traditional securities into digital tokens backed one-for-one by assets

BNY expanded its strategic collaboration with Ripple to include XRP custody support, RLUSD custody support, and tokenized trade finance exploration

Under the SEC's five-year Innovation Exemption, trading venues must notify issuers and grant them a 30-day window to object in writing to block third-party tokenization of their shares

The DTCC Tokenization Service (DTS) integrated at launch with the Canton Network and DTCC's private Besu blockchain network

DTCC plans to expand the DTCC Tokenization Service (DTS) to the Stellar network and Circle Internet's Arc blockchain in 2027

The Depository Trust Company holds over $114 trillion in assets under custody while extending its custody, governance, and operational standards to digital market transfers

DTCC's development roadmap includes adding capabilities for settling transactions with digital cash, broader corporate-action support, and using tokenized securities as collateral