The European Central Bank has released the Appia roadmap to advance the development of a tokenized market pegged to central bank currencies.

CoinFeed reported on March 12th, citing Cointelegraph, that the European Central Bank (ECB) has released the Appia roadmap, outlining a long-term plan to build a European tokenized wholesale financial market pegged to central bank currency. Pontes, a distributed ledger technology settlement solution for the Eurosystem, is planned for launch in the third quarter of 2026 and is a key component of the Appia framework, aiming to enable central bank currency settlement of market transactions through an interoperable network. Appia is a strategic framework for developing the future tokenized financial ecosystem. ECB Executive Board members stated that the roadmap aims to build a path from the current financial system to future tokenized markets, firmly anchored to central bank currency. The ECB has also launched a public consultation, inviting feedback from public and private sector participants on the roadmap, with a deadline of April 22nd.