Australian Central Bank Rules on Bitcoin Regulation Stance
Bitcoin has been quite the hot property in Australia over the past eighteen months, and it has caught the attention of the nation's financial regulators, as it has in nations worldwide. In Australia, in particular, Bitcoin is very popular. Just not popular enough to threaten the status quo, according to the nation's monetary policy regulators. Australian regulators: We'll let it go, for now. Dr. Anthony Richards is the head on monetary policy for the Australian RBA, their fiat currency central bank. He released a statement regarding the current stance of regulators towards Bitcoin: "Given....
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The Moroccan central bank is currently holding talks with multilateral lending institutions and other central banks, centered on establishing cryptocurrency regulation best practices.
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The Moroccan central bank governor, Abdul Latif Al Jawhari, has said his institution is currently in discussion with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank, about crypto regulation best practices, a report has said.
In addition to the two international financial institutions, the Central Bank of Morocco (CBM) is also in talks....