Christine Lagarde Archive

“Stablecoins are pretending to be a coin, but in fact it’s completely associated with an actual currency,” said Christine Lagarde.

The ECB’s annual euro report stressed that a digital euro may be needed to fight off the threat of “artificial currencies” from “foreign tech giants.”

The ECB will decide whether to proceed with digital euro pilots by mid-2021, Lagarde said.

The ECB President gives the impression that central banks will avoided copying institutions in hoarding cryptocurrency.

Former IMF Chief and President of the European Central Bank solicited input on possible CBDC

56% of people think we’ll be using cryptocurrency to pay for lunch in five years, according to a Twitter poll by the International Monetary Fund (IMF). …

The Managing Director and Chairperson of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Christine Lagarde, has called on central banks around the world to consider issuing digital currencies. …

IMF head says organization does not discount the idea of states launching central bank digital currencies

The post Cryptocurrency Regulation ‘Inevitable,’ Says IMF Chief Christine Lagarde appeared first on CCN The head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) says that cryptocurrency regulation …

Apathy towards cryptocurrencies came to the fore at the World Economic Forum, and some believe governments will turn to their own centralized cryptocurrencies to contend with …