The European Central Bank (ECB) has selected five companies to help develop user interfaces for a digital euro. Each company will work with the ECB and focus on one specific use case of the digital euro. Amazon has been chosen to focus on e-commerce payments.

https://news.bitcoin.com/ecb-chooses-amazon-and-4-other-companies-to-help-develop-digital-euro/

Yuga Labs has added former Scopely executive Spencer Tucker to its C-suite to lead its gaming efforts and oversee its Otherside project. The post Yuga Labs hires its first chief gaming officer to oversee Otherside project appeared first on The Block.

https://www.theblock.co/post/170889/yuga-labs-makes-hire-gaming

To make a quick buck, cryptocurrency developers are always on the hunt for viral events.

https://insidebitcoins.com/news/queen-elizabeth-ii-passed-on-but-will-live-on-through-crypto

Billionaire Jeffrey Gundlach, aka the Bond King, has shared his view on when to buy cryptocurrency. “You need a true Fed pivot,” he stressed. Gundlach also warned about the increasing risk of deflation, noting that it's time to be bearish on the stock market. Jeffrey Gundlach on Fed Rate Hikes, U.S.

https://news.bitcoin.com/billionaire-jeff-gundlach-discusses-when-to-buy-crypto-warns-of-deflation-risk/

Digital Asset Coordinators Network is the name chosen for the new group. The first head of the DOJ's national cryptocurrency

https://thenewscrypto.com/u-s-doj-establishes-network-of-attorneys-for-crypto-crimes/?SNAPI

The Federal Reserve will loom large in the news agenda for crypto markets this week, with another meaty hike in U.S. interest rates forecast.  The post The week ahead's three biggest cryptocurrency stories appeared first on The Block.

https://www.theblock.co/post/170918/the-week-aheads-three-biggest-cryptocurrency-stories-3