Stablecoins ‘Pose Serious Risks’ to Financial Security, ECB’s Lagarde Says

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....

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....

In a speech at a Reuters online event Wednesday, Lagarde said bitcoin was a speculative asset.

ECB President Christine Lagarde says the impetus for a central bank digital currency could come from the need to facilitate cross-border finance.

President of the European Central Bank Christine Lagarde has insisted that unlike a digital euro, cryptocurrency has no underlying asset. It should be regulated to prevent people from losing their life savings by speculating on crypto assets, the top ECB official has suggested. Cryptocurrency Is ‘Worth Nothing,’ ECB Governor Claims The head of the eurozone’s monetary authority, Christine Lagarde, maintains that cryptocurrencies are “based on nothing,” and is concerned about people “who have no understanding of the risks, who will lose it all and....