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The European Central Bank Governing Council is advancing the work on the possible issuance and circulation of a digital euro, a type of central bank electronic money that would foil cash, not substitute it. Authorities want people to access and use these two types of money together, to offer greater choice and easier access to means of making payments.

The anti-terrorist squad and state police of Riga, Latvia, have arrested a man who was planning to kidnap and kill two people to steal their cryptocurrencies worth half a million euros.

Officers of the Cybersecurity Department of Latvian Police exposed the activity of an organized gang of cybercriminals. During the operation, the law enforcers confiscated cash and cryptocurrency in the amount exceeding 110,000 Euro.

Germany's minister of finance has embraced the idea of developing the cryptocurrency and blockchain industry by creating a digital euro, however, this plan is against and a threat to private virtual currency initiatives such as the Telegram’s Gram, Facebook’s Libra Project and others.

Domino's Pizza, the French unit of an American conglomerate pizza restaurant chain established more than five decades ago, rolled out an ordering contest with a huge premium of around $110,000 in Bitcoin (BTC) or hard money of 100,000 euros.

Facebook's cryptocurrency Libra could harm central banks and other major fiat currencies including the euro and dollar, according to European Central Bank (ECB) senior member of the executive committee Yves Mersch.