{"id":12217,"date":"2021-09-17T01:54:04","date_gmt":"2021-09-17T01:54:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.buyucoin.com\/crypto-labs\/ecb-president-christine-lagarde-insists-cryptos-are-not-currencies-calls-them-highly-speculative-suspicious\/"},"modified":"2021-09-17T01:54:04","modified_gmt":"2021-09-17T01:54:04","slug":"ecb-president-christine-lagarde-insists-cryptos-are-not-currencies-calls-them-highly-speculative-suspicious","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.buyucoin.com\/crypto-labs\/ecb-president-christine-lagarde-insists-cryptos-are-not-currencies-calls-them-highly-speculative-suspicious\/","title":{"rendered":"ECB President Christine Lagarde Insists Cryptos Are Not Currencies, Calls Them Highly Speculative, Suspicious"},"content":{"rendered":"

The president of the European Central Bank (ECB), Christine Lagarde, says cryptos are not currencies, adding that they are \u201chighly speculative, suspicious occasionally, and high intensity in terms of energy consumption.\u201d She also discussed the need for stablecoin regulation and central bank digital currencies (CBDCs).<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lagarde: \u2018Cryptos Are Not Currencies. Full Stop\u2019<\/h2>\n

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, published Thursday.<\/p>\n

Lagarde was asked whether \u201ccryptocurrencies are a plus for the global economy\u201d or whether it is too early to tell.<\/p>\n

The ECB chief promptly replied: \u201cCryptos are not currencies, full stop. Cryptos are highly speculative assets that claim their fame as currency, possibly, but they\u2019re not. They are not.\u201d She continued:<\/p>\n

I think we have to distinguish between cryptos that are those highly speculative, suspicious occasionally, and high intensity in terms of energy consumption assets, but they\u2019re not a currency.<\/p>\n

Lagarde proceeded to discuss stablecoins. \u201cOn the other hand, you have those stablecoins that are beginning to proliferate, which some big techs are trying to promote and push along the way, which are a different animal and need to be regulated, where there has to be oversight that corresponds to the business that they\u2019re actually conducting, irrespective of how they name themselves.\u201d<\/p>\n

The ECB president then addressed the subject of central bank digital currencies. \u201cAnd in all that you have the central banks who are prompted by a demand of customers to produce something that will make the central bank and central bank digital currencies fit for the century we are in, which is why we are not all looking at CBDC.\u201d<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

She explained that \u201cinstead of having banknotes and cash in our pockets in our wallets, we can have exactly the same thing but in a digital form so all of us are working on this and certainly I was keen to push the issue, the CBDC issue, on our agenda because I believe that we have to stand ready for that.\u201d<\/p>\n

She was also asked whether the ECB\u2019s CBDC would be \u201cto the exclusion of paper currencies or it would be side by side.\u201d Lagarde replied:<\/p>\n

Side by side, because we want customers to have their preference. If they still want to hold those banknotes and cash, fine, and it should continue to be available and around.<\/p>\n

What do you think about the comments by ECB Chief Christine Lagarde? Let us know in the comments section below.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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