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  • Hman
    SBR Posting Legend
    • 11-04-17
    • 21429

    #1
    Canada Stirring The Pot On Bitcoin
    Bitcoin is 'gambling' and regulations are needed, Canada central bank head says

    Stephen Poloz, governor of the Bank of Canada, called bitcoin trading "gambling".
    Poloz said that the Canadian central bank is looking into cryptocurrency regulation.
    He added that blockchain technology is a "true piece of genius."


    CNBC
    1/26/18

    Bitcoin trading is "gambling," Canada's central bank governor told CNBC on Thursday, adding that he was looking to work with global regulators to develop regulations around cryptocurrencies.
    Stephen Poloz, who heads up the Bank of Canada, said buyers of digital coins should "beware" and that he would not call cryptocurrencies assets.
    "They are crypto but they are not currencies," Poloz told CNBC during an interview at The Sanctuary in Davos

    "I'm not really sure what they are. They are not assets really … I suppose they are securities technically … There is no intrinsic value for something like bitcoin so it's not really an asset one can analyze. It's just essentially speculative or gambling."
    Poloz joins a chorus of central bankers and regulators warning about the dangers of cryptocurrencies which saw huge price surges in 2017.
    Lars Rohde, the head of Denmark's central bank, called bitcoin investing "deadly" last year.

    Many business leaders have also warned on the dangers of investing in bitcoin including J.P. Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon who famously called the cryptocurrency a "fraud" while investing legend Warren Buffett said the space will "come to a bad ending."
    Poloz told CNBC that if the cryptocurrency market, which is highly volatile, were to crash, it would not have bad implications on the wider economy.

    "One parallel we could draw would be the tech wreck. When we had the tech wreck, that was a much more widespread exposure. And the fact it had barely had perceptible effect on the real economy because it was not a stock market crash but just a segment of the stock market. But it was highly speculative, there was all kinds of bubbles there," Poloz explained.
    "So I think if you take that experience to heart, if something like that were to happen in the cryptocurrency space, it would probably be smaller today … It certainly has the potential. I don't want to minimize the risk that you raised because any mania has the scope to get much bigger."
    Poloz told CNBC that the central bank will look to regulate cryptocurrency.
    "I have no doubt that at least for the purposes of consumer protection … We will be developing regulations around this space in due course. But what we are being careful to do here is to not stifle innovation," Poloz said.

    Blockchain 'genius'

    The Canadian central bank chief added though that blockchain technology which underpins cryptocurrency, is "a true piece of genius and it will be applied to many many areas in the economy."
    Blockchain is the underlying technology behind bitcoin. It acts as a public record of transactions that is tamperproof and requires no central authority to clear transactions. This technology is seen as a way to make a lot of businesses processes faster and cheaper. The Bank of Canada currently has a project codenamed Jasper, which is looking into how to use the blockchain.

    Poloz then turned to the idea of a central bank issued digital currency, and said that if it were to create one, it would be backed by the Canadian dollar. He added that cash is "still doing its job" and that there is no rush to introduce it.

    The central banker also added that any fiat-backed digital currency would not necessarily need to run on the blockchain.

    "No one's in a rush to get this done. Will it therefore be necessary for it (blockchain) to be part of a digital currency if central banks issued it? Well the answer is I think not," Poloz said.
    "The reason that it has such appeal in the case of bitcoin is it gives you finality of settlement that eventually grinds through the distributed ledger and therefore you trust that. Whereas the central bank, if the Bank of Canada, were to issue a digital currency, well you already trust the Canadian dollar, and so you don't need a distributed ledger in order to believe you just received final payment in your digital wallet."
    Last edited by Hman; 01-27-18, 02:34 PM.
  • Sam Odom
    SBR Aristocracy
    • 10-30-05
    • 58063

    #2
    banksters (NWO) hate BTC
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    • Hman
      SBR Posting Legend
      • 11-04-17
      • 21429

      #3
      Nothing against Canada of course.

      Every country has their own overbearing individuals, groups, and politicians.
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      • Optional
        Administrator
        • 06-10-10
        • 61205

        #4
        ^^^ and they all talk to each other.

        Anyway, whatever they do I think the genie is out of the bottle now. If Canada makes it too hard for bitcoin businesses to operate locally, the money will go elsewhere.
        .
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        • k13
          SBR Posting Legend
          • 07-16-10
          • 18102

          #5
          Banks closing bank accounts, blocking cc's, black labeling anyone with crypto, preventing mortgages.

          Worse than drug dealers.
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          • bonzaii
            SBR Hall of Famer
            • 07-07-17
            • 5000

            #6
            Central Banks are gambling with our future and should be eradicated
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            • unde0087
              BARRELED IN @ SBR!
              • 03-27-08
              • 28900

              #7
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              • magaman
                SBR MVP
                • 01-17-18
                • 1937

                #8
                Crypto is a threat to banks and governments. It threatens to take ALOT of power away.
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                • jjgold
                  SBR Aristocracy
                  • 07-20-05
                  • 388179

                  #9
                  Bitcoin will never ever hit 20K

                  I will eventually settle like gold
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                  • mngambler
                    SBR MVP
                    • 08-01-11
                    • 2890

                    #10
                    Originally posted by k13
                    Banks closing bank accounts, blocking cc's, black labeling anyone with crypto, preventing mortgages.

                    Worse than drug dealers.
                    No they're not
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                    • k13
                      SBR Posting Legend
                      • 07-16-10
                      • 18102

                      #11
                      Originally posted by mngambler
                      No they're not
                      They are. Go read about it.
                      Had a few buddies with the same experience recently.
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                      • mngambler
                        SBR MVP
                        • 08-01-11
                        • 2890

                        #12
                        Originally posted by k13
                        They are. Go read about it.
                        Had a few buddies with the same experience recently.

                        Absolutely 0 proof of this outside of a few isolated cases....If you have sources other than "a few buddies" that show this is a systematic problem outside of a few instances I would love to see a link
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                        • DOM_Toretto
                          Restricted User
                          • 01-28-13
                          • 9035

                          #13
                          Originally posted by jjgold
                          Bitcoin will never ever hit 20K

                          I will eventually settle like gold
                          Lol


                          will look back on this quote and laugh out loud
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                          • jjgold
                            SBR Aristocracy
                            • 07-20-05
                            • 388179

                            #14
                            suckers will get buried like everything else in life

                            Bitcoin has no mainstream use, it will never replace american forms of payment
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                            • flyingillini
                              SBR Aristocracy
                              • 12-06-06
                              • 41217

                              #15
                              Originally posted by jjgold
                              suckers will get buried like everything else in life

                              Bitcoin has no mainstream use, it will never replace american forms of payment
                              anyone thinks it will replace american forms of payment is crazy
                              המוסד‎
                              המוסד למודיעין ולתפקידים מיוחדים‎
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                              • gummo
                                SBR Hall of Famer
                                • 09-04-06
                                • 6297

                                #16
                                Canada has the net worth of like Oklahoma.
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                                • Optional
                                  Administrator
                                  • 06-10-10
                                  • 61205

                                  #17
                                  Originally posted by jjgold
                                  suckers will get buried like everything else in life

                                  Bitcoin has no mainstream use, it will never replace american forms of payment
                                  Originally posted by flyingillini

                                  anyone thinks it will replace american forms of payment is crazy
                                  "american forms of payment". Is that a euphemism?
                                  .
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                                  • HurryUpAndDrink
                                    SBR Posting Legend
                                    • 08-23-13
                                    • 13017

                                    #18
                                    lmaoooooooooooo
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                                    • HurryUpAndDrink
                                      SBR Posting Legend
                                      • 08-23-13
                                      • 13017

                                      #19
                                      BTW... Illuminati whore Katy Perry started touting cryptos this week on her twitter...

                                      If this shit has the NWO approval IT WILL DOMINATE and IT WILL BE CONTROLLED SOMEHOW.

                                      Keep your eyes open... the crypto RFID chips coming soon...
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                                      • magaman
                                        SBR MVP
                                        • 01-17-18
                                        • 1937

                                        #20
                                        Originally posted by jjgold
                                        suckers will get buried like everything else in life

                                        Bitcoin has no mainstream use, it will never replace american forms of payment
                                        JJ you don't get it. not my problem.

                                        Gold bullion has not had any mainstream use as money for over 100 years... but it seems to continue to gain value like a bitch.

                                        Bitcoin could be $50,000 within a year or two... maybe a whole lot more.
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                                        • flyingillini
                                          SBR Aristocracy
                                          • 12-06-06
                                          • 41217

                                          #21
                                          Originally posted by Optional
                                          "american forms of payment". Is that a euphemism?
                                          I quoted Joey Slatz from Slatz fencing
                                          המוסד‎
                                          המוסד למודיעין ולתפקידים מיוחדים‎
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                                          • BuckyOne
                                            SBR MVP
                                            • 01-02-15
                                            • 2728

                                            #22
                                            Widows and orphans are not getting beat up?Bitcoin is never going to be a safe place to store money. Never going to be a guarantee of any kind. Is a financial planner/advisor/economist ever going to recommend some Bitcoin for your portfolio?
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