Germany and France will jointly push for global Bitcoin regulation during the next summit of the G20 in Argentina amid mounting alarm that the world’s most popular cryptocurrency is being used by illegal groups.
Germany’s finance minister Peter Altmaier said at the joint news conference in Paris that he supports a proposal by Le Maire to ask their counterparts in the G20 group of major economies to consider joint regulation of bitcoin.
He said: “We have a responsibility towards our citizens to explain and reduce the risks.”
The concerns over cryptocurrency’s mining, trading and usage to transfer money are already shared by several governments across the globe, so it makes sense to discuss the speculative risks of such digital assets and their impact on the financial system at international level.
European Union has previously proposed to bring providers of financial service related to cryptocurrencies under the scope of its anti-money laundering and countering terrorist financing regulations.
Source: Finance Magnates
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