Crytpo Currencies 2022
Looking to respond to a fast-changing environment, national central banks started working on digitised versions of their respective currencies. There are many advantages of ‘digital only’ currencies as they have proven to be more fit to the digital age. Some of the old rules on crossboundary money transfers have recently changed as e-commerce and e-trade is advancing. Inclusive finance will also play a role in shaping the final form of a central bank digital currency. In 2012, the European Central Bank defined virtual currencies as a ‘type of unregulated, digital money which is issued and usually controlled by its developers, and used and accepted among the members of a specific virtual community’. This refers to cryptocurrencies, and in particular to stablecoins – cryptocurrencies issued by private companies. According to the Bank for International Settlements' November 2015 "Digital currencies" report, it is an asset represented in digital form and having some moneta...