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  "id": 4468253,
  "title": "Schnabel urges programmable central bank money on-chain",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/30/schnabel-urges-programmable-central-bank-money-on-chain",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-30T17:11:53.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Arabian Post",
    "slug": "arabian-post",
    "url": "https://thearabianpost.com/schnabel-urges-programmable-central-bank-money-on-chain/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "European Central Bank Executive Board member Isabel Schnabel has called for central bank money to become a native programmable asset on distributed-ledger platforms, arguing that smart contracts could make monetary policy operations faster and more flexible as finance becomes tokenised. Speaking at the Jackson Hole Economic Policy Symposium on August 28, Schnabel said central banks need to extend…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}