ECB Chief Christine Lagarde Calls for Global Bitcoin Regulation — Says BTC Co...
The president of the European Central Bank (ECB), Christine Lagarde, has called for the global regulation of bitcoin. She said that bitcoin is a highly speculative asset and has “conducted some funny business.” Emphasizing the need for countries to work together to regulate bitcoin, she suggested that the crypto regulation could be “initiated by the G7, moved into the G20 and then enlarged.” ECB Chief Calls for Bitcoin Regulation Globally ECB President Christine Lagarde said in an interview at the Reuters Next conference Wednesday that bitcoin is “a....
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The president of the European Central Bank (ECB), Christine Lagarde, says crypto assets and decentralized finance (defi) have the potential to pose “real risks” to financial stability. She has some regulatory suggestions to supplement Europe’s Markets in Crypto Assets Regulation (MiCA) bill. Lagarde on Crypto Regulation ECB President Christine Lagarde talked about cryptocurrency regulation at the European Parliament’s Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs hearing Monday. She said: We believe, as we are embarking on this work concerning crypto assets and....
The president of the European Central Bank (ECB), Christine Lagarde, says cryptos are not currencies, adding that they are “highly speculative, suspicious occasionally, and high intensity in terms of energy consumption.” She also discussed the need for stablecoin regulation and central bank digital currencies (CBDCs).
Lagarde: ‘Cryptos Are Not Currencies. Full Stop’
ECB President Christine Lagarde shared her view on cryptocurrency, stablecoins, and central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) in an interview with Carlyle Group co-founder David Rubenstein,....
ECB President Christine Lagarde downplays any risks bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies could pose to financial stability and monetary sovereignty. In contrast, she sees stablecoins, such as Facebook-backed libra, as posing “serious risks.” Christine Lagarde, Bitcoin, and Facebook’s Libra The president of the European Central Bank (ECB), Christine Lagarde, shared her view on the future of money in an article published Monday in L’ena hors les murs magazine. She specifically discussed “bitcoin or other crypto-assets that have been trying to gain a foothold in....
The president of the European Central Bank (ECB), Christine Lagarde, has clarified whether central banks will start holding bitcoin now that a growing number of companies, like Tesla, are embracing the cryptocurrency. Lagarde remains skeptical about bitcoin, having recently said it “has conducted some funny business.” ECB Chief Christine Lagarde Denies Central Banks Will Hold Bitcoin Following Elon Musk’s Tesla investing $1.5 billion in bitcoin, the president of the European Central Bank (ECB), Christine Lagarde, has clarified whether central banks will hold bitcoin.....
Bitcoin prices drifted higher on Wednesday, breaking away from bearish calls as Christine Lagarde raised the need to regulate it at the global level. In an interview with Reuters, the European Central Bank President said that Bitcoin is a highly speculative asset that has facilitated “some reprehensible activity,” such as money laundering, adding that “there […]