Dutch central bank believes cryptocurrencies are not real “money”

According to Dutch News Network8月3A Dutch central bank executive said that although cryptocurrencies are not“real money”However, banks have no plans to ban them.

Head of the Dutch Central Bank DepartmentPetra HielkemaTell Dutch News that due to the volatile and risky nature of cryptocurrencies, it cannot be considered money.

“If you want to think of anything as money, you have to be able to spend money, save it, and use it to calculate[...]We don't think cryptocurrencies are that kind of money.”

HielkemaIt was also pointed out that the bank has been experimenting with blockchain technology for the past three years and has developed four prototypes. despiteHielkemaIt added that blockchain is not ready to be implemented in the Dutch payment system, but there will be more innovations in the future“probability”。

This summer, the Dutch Financial Markets Authority (AFM) It also emphasized those related to cryptocurrencies“risks”and indicated that they were right“Serious doubts related to encryption and encryption management”。

This year6In January, the Bank of Finland released a document stating that the concept of digital currency is called“fallacy”, should not be regarded as“real money”。

Author: Wang Jiali

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