Madrid to host the banks building the next generation of European digital money
- MERGE’s 2026 edition will bring together banks, regulators, and financial-industry leaders to examine the future of stablecoins, tokenization, and digital assets
- Several of the banks that form part of Qivalis — the consortium of 37 financial institutions driving a euro-denominated stablecoin regulated under MiCA — will take part in MERGE Madrid 2026 to discuss monetary sovereignty, digital payments, and the future of money in Europe.
- Participants include institutions such as BBVA, Santander, Cecabank, BNP Paribas, Visa, Mastercard, Ripple, and Circle, at a pivotal moment for the future of digital money in Europe.
Madrid, June 2026. Europe wants to prevent the future of digital money from being written exclusively in dollars. As regulators advance the development of the digital euro and the United States accelerates the adoption of private stablecoins, European banks have begun to make their move to secure their position in the next great financial transformation.
One of the most representative examples is Qivalis, the consortium driven by 37 European financial institutions working on the launch of a euro-denominated stablecoin regulated under the MiCA framework. The project aims to provide a payments and instant-settlement infrastructure, available 24 hours a day and designed to meet the needs of an increasingly digital and global economy.
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