BitFin Conference: Central Bank of Ireland Director Talks About Regulating Virtual Currencies
BitFin Conference in Dublin's RDS. I was recently tasked by CCN with attending the BitFin conference in Dublin, Ireland. Some of the discussions were interesting, some less so, some were like swimming through cold porridge. One of the most interesting was, in my opinion, given by Gareth Murphy, of the Central Bank of Ireland, he is the director with responsibility for markets supervision, this includes the regulation of Irish securities markets as well as supervising the funds, stockbroking and investment management industries. He is described on the Central Bank site as a member of the....
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A Central Bank of Ireland official is raising questions about the potential impact of bitcoin on the traditional finance sector, Irish news outlet RTÉ reports. Gareth Murphy, Director of Markets Supervision at the Central Bank, made the comments during the Bitfin 2014 conference taking place in Dublin Thursday, noting that currencies that compete with the Irish legal tender are capable of creating challenges: specifically, the "central banks' ability to influence the price of credit for the whole economy." The official reported added that the country's finances could be threatened if an....
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