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Published December 01, 2017 | View complete press releases list |
Bank of France warns on bitcoin speculation
Date: December 01, 2017
Categories: Financial Technology, Internet Banking, Risk and Regulation, riskmanagement, Transaction Banking
Keywords: Bank Of France, Bitcoin, Crypto-currency
Bitcoin is a speculative asset and people who invest in it do so at their own risk, the Bank of France Governor Francois Villeroy de Galhau warned on Friday after recent volatile trading.
“We need to be clear: bitcoin is in no way a currency, or even a cryptocurrency,” Villeroy said in remarks made at a conference in Beijing, according to the Bank of France.
“It is a speculative asset. Its value and extreme volatility have no economic basis, and they are nobody’s responsibility. The Bank of France reminds those investing in bitcoin that they do so entirely at their own risk,” he added.
Bitcoin hovered around $9,600 in volatile trade on Friday, after tumbling about 15 percent from an all-time high hit this week as some money managers warned ominously of a bubble and further falls.
Re-disseminated by The Asian Banker from Reuters