
Bitcoin Logs Revenge Recovery as Lagarde Calls for Global Regulation
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 […]
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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....
In a recent interview, Lagarde said that Bitcoin has been used to conduct "funny business" and "totally reprehensible money laundering activity." The European Central Bank president Christine Lagarde has repeated her insistence that global regulators need to tighten the rules to ensure Bitcoin (BTC) falls under more coordinated oversight. In an interview at the Reuters Next conference — amid an unprecedented bull market for the veteran cryptocurrency — Lagarde argued:“[Bitcoin] is a highly speculative asset, which has conducted some funny business and some interesting and totally....
In a speech at a Reuters online event Wednesday, Lagarde said bitcoin was a speculative asset.
In remarks that highlight flaws of the fiat currency system, the European Central Bank (ECB) president, Christine Lagarde, says the institution cannot go bankrupt even if it incurs losses running into trillions. According to Lagarde, normal bankruptcy rules do not apply to the ECB primarily because it is the sole issuer of euro-denominated central bank money. The Eurosystem will always be able to generate additional liquidity as needed. Bankruptcy Rules Not Applicable to ECB The ECB leader made her remarks while responding to a question from an Italian member of the European Parliament.....
"A digital euro could be a complement to, not a substitute for, cash," Lagarde said. Any digital currency released in the European Union may not fully replace fiat, said the President of the European Central Bank, Christine Lagarde.Speaking at an online meeting of the Franco-German Parliamentary Assembly on Sept. 21, Lagarde stated that the bank was exploring “the benefits, risks and operational challenges” of a European central bank digital currency (CBDC), but fiat currency would likely still play a role in this digital future. “A digital euro could be a complement to, not a substitute....