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International Monetary Fund Advocates Central Bank Crypto Regulations

International Monetary Fund Advocates Central Bank Crypto Regulations

During the last couple of months, numerous monetary regulatory agencies have turned their eyes towards the digital currency market. Now, reports indicate that the International Monetary Fund is advocating for central banks to introduce regulatory policies, while also encouraging innovation on the fiat market.

Based on this, the deputy director for the Monetary and Capital Markets Department of the IMF has outlined a couple of responses meant to lower the rivalry present between banks and digital currencies. With this in mind, he mentioned that: “Central banks should continue to strive to make fiat currencies better and more stable units of account.” To do so, central banks should introduce measures meant to discourage money laundering and terrorism financing, while also protecting consumers and taxing digital currency transactions.

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