EU cryptocurrency supported by the Queen of the Netherlands

Queen Maxima Zorregieta Cerruti of the Netherlands said she was inspired by the European Central Bank’s work on the development of the digital euro.

«The public sector has a responsibility to ensure that the financial system is open and inclusive, so that it better responds to the needs of all groups of people. So let’s imagine this better future and create a digital euro that works for all Europeans ,» the Queen said at the European Commission’s online conference «Towards a legislative framework for a digital euro for citizens and businesses» on November 7.

The Queen of the Netherlands believes that the digital euro will help reduce the cost of money transfers in the future. However, according to the monarch, this will require political reforms and guarantees «to overcome difficulties and risks.»

The Netherlands is one of the five countries that control the majority of bitcoin nodes in the world, with 374 or 2.7% of the total number. America leads the list with 1844 or 13.2% of the available nodes, followed by Germany with 1362 or 9.8% of the nodes and France with 434 or 3.1%. Canada rounds out the top 5 with 297 or 2.1% of available bitcoin nodes.

Earlier, Alexander Pertsev, the developer of the notorious cryptocurrency mixer Tornado Cash, which is associated with many scandals, was detained in the capital of the Netherlands. Yesterday, on November 7, the cryptocurrency community remembered the crypto mixer again: a hacker who stole about $ 28 million from the hot wallet of the Deribit cryptocurrency exchange transferred $ 2.5 million to Pertsev’s brainchild.