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ECB sets Pontes and Appia plan to connect Europe's tokenized markets by 2028

On 23 March 2026 in Brussels, ECB Executive Board member Piero Cipollone said the Eurosystem is building infrastructure to link fragmented tokenized capital markets across Europe. The plan includes the Pontes settlement anchor, targeted for launch in Q3 2026, and the Appia roadmap, which aims to deliver a European tokenized-finance blueprint by 2028.