Eugene Kaspersky: Cryptocurrencies Will Be Banned When They Unsettle National Currencies
Kaspersky Lab CEO and co-founder Eugene Kaspersky says that cryptocurrencies are a brilliant invention while noting their viability in a single world government. He adds that if and when they start supplanting national currencies, governments will move in to ban them. Eugene Kaspersky revealed his thoughts about cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin at a recent event in Russia. Speaking to assembled journalists during Kaspersky Digital Radio an open talk conference along with other prominent governmental and banking figures from Russia, Kaspersky sees the innovation and the creation of....
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Widespread acceptance of Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies suffered another blow this week when El Banco Central de Bolivia outright banned any currency or coins that were not either issued by or regulated through the government. The bank specifically mentioned Bitcoin, Quark, Peercoin, Namecoin, Primecoin and Feathercoin in the announcement but the statement seemed to include all cryptocurrencies. The policy actually went into affect but the announcement did not surface for general consumption until PanAm Post, a Spanish language media outlet, released the news. The statement from the central....